'cl.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command

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Hi,
I am trying to run VS2010 command prompt but it gives error

C#

'cl.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command

I have googled it found the below solution but unfortunately it did not help me still
the issue is there.

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I set path variable in advance system properties. but still the issue is there.
what may be the possible reason.

Note -On My machine I am having VS2010,VS2012,VS2015

Posted 11-Jan-16 18:33pm

Thakur JAI SINGH

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Jan-16 1:00am

Why would you need to execute cl.exe directly?
Indeed, the path to it is not prescribed in that specialized command prompt environment. Probably this is not done because nobody assumed that it might be needed. If you think you need it, modify the batch file to provide access to one or more of cl.exe files (there are separate files per instruction-set architecture).
—SA

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Abhinav S · Answer 1 · 2016-01-11T18:44:00

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Add the location of cl.exe in the PATH environment variable.

Posted 11-Jan-16 18:44pm

Abhinav S