"CL.exe" exited with code -1073741515

Question

I'm using a Windows 7 64-bit machine. I downloaded the express version of VC++ and the Windows SDK. I need to compile my code in a 64-bit compiler. When compiling, I get the following error:

"CL.exe" exited with code -1073741515

What does this error mean?

Answer 1

The value -1073741515 is 0xC0000135 in hex, which basically means "some dll not found". (http://www.qtcentre.org/threads/57083-1073741515-problem)

Answer 2

I found a very useful & generic guide to convert these cl.exe exit codes to human meaningful messages here: Visual Studio 2010 C native compilation problem

To summarize:

• convert the negative decimal exit code to a hexadecimal number (you can use the Windows built in calculator in the Programmer mode for this)
• take the last 8 hexadecimal digits and search them in the table on the Microsoft NT status codes web page