cmd.exe exited with code 9009

Question

I am trying to compile XNABasics project in visual studio from this repository https://code.google.com/p/kinect4bag/

But it gives me a error named:

Error 1 error MSB6006: "cmd.exe" exited with code 9009. C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets 151 6 CGePhysics

and when i double click it redirects me to the page given below, i have checked the project properties does not have anything in custom build step and custom build tool area.

Answer 1

When I had this problem it was due to missing Direct X executable paths in the property manager. As suggested at this Stack Overflow thread: MSB6006: “cmd.exe” exited with code 9009

Upon inspecting my build log I found that

'fxc' is not recognized as an internal or external command

which brought me to this solution: 'fxc.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command

I went into my property manager to Microsoft.Cpp.Win32.user and added the proper DirectX SDK paths to Executables, Include, and Library (C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX SDK\Utilities\bin\x64, C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX SDK\Include, C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX SDK\Lib\x86 respectively)

Answer 2

Just came across this thread now.

I had the exact same error. In my case, the swig.exe path that my project was looking for was wrong. My issue was fixed once i made sure the SWIG package was in the same path that my Project Properties' Macro was looking.