Greg,

I've got the same problem but not with MS VS 6.0. (I've got 7.1 which is .NET 2003)

There is obviously something going on here. Have you installed any service packs? What is your OS level? Also, do you have EVC4 installed? What about the rest of your server configuration
   
    ----- greg wrote: ----
   
    hi Guy
    hope you can help i've installed and uninstalled this product at least
    times so far.this is how it goes-i install to 100% after installation i ge
    the message MS VS 6.0 did not install correctly.i check the directory wher
    i installed MS VS 6.0 it's there .If i try too compile anything debug scree
    gives me this message "error spawing cl" i get object files (.obj)and no
    ..exe files if anyones has any advise it would be appreciate
    Greg Rhod
   
   
   
   

Hi everyone,

I think my problem is similar to yours.

After my installation completed and the machine rebooted (seemed to be good
at
that point),every time cl.exe - the command line C compiler - is called, I
get a
popup screen saying "This application has failed to start because
mspdb71.dll was not found.
Reinstalling the application may fix this problem."
The relevant environment settings are:

INCLUDE="D:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\include\";"C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\";"D:\Program
Files\Microsoft.NET\SDK\v1.1\include\";

LIB="D:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Lib\";"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib\";"D:\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\SDK\v1.1\Lib\";

Path=D:\Perl\bin\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;"C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\bin\";"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
.NET 2003\Common7\IDE\";"D:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Bin\";"D:\Program
Files\Microsoft.NET\SDK\v1.1\Bin\";"D:\Program Files\Microsoft
SDK\Bin\Win64\";

The file mspdb71.dll claimed to be missing does reside in the folder
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\IDE\

Typing mspdb71.dll from the command prompt (from another folder) invokes the
"open with" dialog and I can open the file using notepad. The path settings
are also correct because I placed a small batch file
echoing a message in this folder and invoked it from another folder.

I think there are some other dependencies which did not get installed.

Could someone please give me a hint what I should check next? Your help will
be very much appreciated. I would prefer NOT to uninstall everything if
there's a simple solution available.

Thanks in advance and best regards,

Zoltan Kandi, M. Sc.