1>Project : error PRJ0003 : Error spawning 'rc.exe'

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1>Project : error PRJ0003 : Error spawning 'rc.exe'.. this is the error i get when i try to run this small practice program of reading and writing files which i cant do because of the reason of me not being able to get the files to open correctly. i use microsoft visual c++ 2008 and i have used the file path to try to open the file as well and i cant can someone help?

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
  ifstream infile;  
  ofstream myfile;
  int num;
  infile.open("example.txt");
    if(infile.fail())
    {
        cout << "error" << endl;
    }
  myfile.open ("example.txt");
    if(infile.fail())
        {
            cout << "error" << endl;
        }
  while(!infile.eof())
      {
          example >> num;
      }
  while(!myfile.eof())
      {
          example << num;
      }
  infile.close();
  myfile.close();
  return 0;
}

Answer 1

The cause of the infamous: Error spawning 'rc.exe'

• You freshly installed Visual Studio 2008 (VS2008)
• Then dutifully patch with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
• And find that VS environment variables are screwed up, like $(WindowsSdkDirs).

This happens when the service pack doesn't correctly tell the registry where to find the install directory. To fix this:

• Close Visual Studio 2008
• Start > Run > Regedit
• Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows
• Add new string value called CurrentInstallFolder (if it's not there already)
• Give this key the value C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\ (or wherever you installed it to)

When you restart VS2008, you ought to be able compile your program properly.