I need to run web.exe file from my developer command prompt in Visual Studio 2013. By default, the command prompt is not installed in Visual Studio 2013.
Previously, I was using Visual Studio 2012. It had developer command prompt installed by default.
Does anyone know why VS2013 doesn't have developer command prompt by default? How can I setup developer command prompt for VS2013?
Follow these steps to open Developer Command Prompt or Developer PowerShell from within Visual Studio: Open Visual Studio. On the menu bar, select Tools > Command Line > Developer Command Prompt or Developer PowerShell.
The “VS Command Prompt” will now be available in: Tools -> VS Command Prompt.
To open the Developer Command Prompt for VS, start typing 'developer' in the Windows Start menu, and you should see it appear in the list of suggestions. The exact name depends on which version of Visual Studio or the Visual Studio Build Tools you have installed. Select the item to open the prompt.
For some reason, it doesn't properly add an icon when running Windows 8+. Here's how I solved it:
Using Windows Explorer, navigate to:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Visual Studio 2013
In that folder, you'll see a shortcut named Visual Studio Tools
that maps to (assuming default installation):
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\Tools\Shortcuts
Double-click the shortcut (or go to the folder above).
From that folder, copy the shortcut named Developer Command Prompt for VS2013
(and any others you find useful) to the first directory (for the Start Menu
). You'll likely be prompted for administrative access (do so).
Once you've done that, you'll now have an icon available for the 2013 command prompt.
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