Cannot find vcvarsall.bat when running a Python script

Question

hello all,

I am working on Vista, and using Python 2.6.4. I am using a software which uses a Python script. but then I bumped into the message:

cannot find vcvarsall.bat

So I installed visual c++ 2010. Still the file is not found though it is there. My guess (a very uneducated one...) is that somewhere the path is wrong, because I also have an old visual 2008 (pretty empty) folder. Since I have little idea in programming I have no idea where to make the changes for the new path. Do I change something in the registery or in the script. I would be happy if somebody could help (preferably in layman terms).

thanx. Ariel

Answer 1

Installing Visual C++ is a good first step, though I couldn't say for sure whether the 2010 version will work. Anyway give it a try.

Look for vcvarsall.bat in the Visual C++ installation directory—I trust you can find it. Then add that directory to the system path. If you're doing this on the command line, you can try:

path %path%;c:\path\to\vs2010\bin

then try again to run whatever you were trying to run.

For more permanent effect, add it in the computer system path settings.