error MSB6006: "cmd.exe" exited with code 1

Question

When I'm trying to build my VC++ code using 2010 I'm getting the error message

> C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(151,5): error MSB6006: "cmd.exe" exited with code 1.

Please tell how to overcome this?

Answer 1

Navigate from Error List Tab to the Visual Studios Output folder by one of the following:

• Select tab Output in standard VS view at the bottom
• Click in Menubar View > Output or Ctrl+Alt+O

where Show output from <build> should be selected.

You can find out more by analyzing the output logs.

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In my case it was an error in the Cmake step, see below. It could be in any build step, as described in the other answers.

> -- Build Type is debug  > CMake Error in CMakeLists.txt: >     A logical block opening on the line >     <path_to_file:line_number>     >     is not closed. 

Answer 2

error MSB6006: "cmd.exe" exited with code -Solved

I also face this problem . In my case it is due to output exe already running .I solved my problem simply close the application instance before building.