Error when building 64-bit Z3 on Windows

Question

I followed the instructions to build Z3 on a 64-bit Windows 8.1 system with Visual Studio Community 2015 by running

python scripts/mk_make.py -x

but when I run nmake, I get the following error:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um\winbase.h(8848): error C3861:
 '_InterlockedIncrement64': identifier not found
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um\winbase.h(8879): error C3861:
 '_InterlockedDecrement64': identifier not found
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um\winbase.h(8915): error C3861:
 '_InterlockedExchange64': identifier not found
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um\winbase.h(8969): error C3861:
 '_InterlockedExchangeAdd64': identifier not found
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um\winbase.h(8979): error C3861:
 '_InterlockedExchangeAdd64': identifier not found
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um\winbase.h(9026): error C3861:
 '_InterlockedAnd64': identifier not found
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um\winbase.h(9036): error C3861:
 '_InterlockedOr64': identifier not found
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um\winbase.h(9046): error C3861:
 '_InterlockedXor64': identifier not found
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0
\VC\BIN\cl.EXE"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.

Any idea on how to fix this?

Answer 1

Make sure you're running on a "VS x64 Native Tools" console.