Visual Studio Express: fatal error c1060, the compiler is out of heap space

Question

I'm trying to build a program from its source code with VC 11 and when the compiler is going to finish, it raises the error in title. As I've read here and in other forums, I've alteady tried both to close as many programs as possibile and to enlarge the size of the swap file in Windows...they don't work.

I've read about a parameter called \Zm but I don't understand how to use it.

Can you please help me?

Answer 1

Take a look at this documentation which gives possible solutions:

I also had that problem and found the documentation useful. Main points:

1. If the compiler also issues errors C1076 and C3859, use the /Zm compiler option to lower the memory allocation limit. More heap space is available to your application if you lower the remaining memory allocation.

   If the /Zm option is already set, try removing it. Heap space might be exhausted because the memory allocation limit specified in the option is too high. The compiler uses a default limit if you remove the /Zm option.

2. If you are compiling on a 64-bit platform, use the 64-bit compiler toolset. For information, see How to: Enable a 64-Bit Visual C++ Toolset on the Command Line.

3. On 32-bit Windows, try using the /3GB boot.ini switch.

4. Increase the size of the Windows swap-file.

5. Close other running programs.

6. Eliminate unnecessary include files.

7. Eliminate unnecessary global variables, for example, by allocating memory dynamically instead of declaring a large array.

8. Eliminate unused declarations.

9. Split the current file into smaller files.