project does not contain a configuration called 'Debug|x64'

Question

Hi,

I'm trying to build a C++ project with a build configuration platform of x64. It's on a new machine running a 64 bit Windows Server 2008. When I open the build configuration manager in VS, I can't chose or create the x64 platform and the project gets skipped. When I try to build it with MSBuild I get the error: VCBLD0004: Project 'MyProject' does not contain a configuration called 'Debug|x64'

Project is built fine on a different machine, but not on the new one, so I guess I missed something in the installation. Any ideas what to look for?

Answer 1

btw, Problem was that VS (and with it the x64 compilers and tools) was installed after the SDK. Had to uninstall and reinstall the SDK, then run a repair on it, then everything works fine. You can try just the repair as mentioned here: http://cygon.nuclex.org/2008/04/06/visual-studio-2008-professional-no-x64/