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Enable cmake for Visual Studio 2015
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enable_cmake_vs2015.bat
@echo off
:: when cmake-gui shows the error 'CXX compiler identification unknown' when trying to use the VS 2015 generator
:: this script can help. It goes back to the following solution:
:: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14372706/visual-studio-cant-build-due-to-rc-exe/46166632#46166632
:: The reason is that cmake-gui always ends up using the Win 10 SDK where tools are missing for VS2015
:: This script opens a console and prompts it to use the 8.1 SDK
cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\"
%comspec% /k "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" amd64 8.1
start cmake-gui
“cmd /k"
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