Unable to build my code using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

Question

I'm using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. It was going fine until this morning when I try to build my code. It gave me this weird error:

C:\Program Files 
(x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\Platforms
\Win32\Microsoft.Cpp.Win32.Targets(147,5)
:error` MSB6006: "CL.exe" exited with code 1073741855.

I have no idea why this error is occuring. I need help please.

I am using Window 7.

If you try "Rebuild all" do you still get the error? You got all updates installed have you? — Roger Rowland, May 01 '13 at 17:04
look here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16199655/cl-exe-crashes-in-visual-studio-2012 — rerun, May 01 '13 at 17:05

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 01 '13 at 17:35

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1073741855 is 0x0x4000001f, and 0x1f is decimal 31, and 31 is ERROR_GEN_FAILURE. In other words, something is hosed and VS isn't going to tell you what it is.

Go to Control Panel/Programs and Features, right click, Uninstall/Change, Repair/Reinstall. If that doesn't fix the problem, I would uninstall VS completely and reinstall.

answered May 01 '13 at 17:35

Carey Gregory

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Gergory i go to that path there are lot of Microsoft visual studio 2010 ... I dnt know which one to uninstall and then re-install :-( – Omer Obaid May 01 '13 at 18:01
You want the one named "Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Premium - ENU" (but depending on which version of VS you installed and which language you chose, "Premium" and "ENU" might be different). – Carey Gregory May 01 '13 at 18:05
Yeah i see that Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate ENU but when i try to Uninstall/Change a box appear and there is written "Suite Integration Toolkit Executable has stopped working" ... Now what is this :( – Omer Obaid May 01 '13 at 18:14
Wow, sounds like your VS installation is really messed up. I would forcibly uninstall 2010 using the tool found here [http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2010uninstall](http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2010uninstall). – Carey Gregory May 01 '13 at 18:21
KK im gonna uninstall it. i wanna tell u 1 more thing wheni build my code a box appear and there is written "Microsoft C/C++ Compiler Driver has stopped working". – Omer Obaid May 01 '13 at 18:39

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 13 '14 at 20:21

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For those of you looking to avoid the (timely) process of uninstalling and reinstalling Visual Studio, a simple restart worked for me. I have noticed this happens more often when I have multiple Visual Studio windows open.

answered Jan 13 '14 at 20:21

JHowIX

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