This is the custom sublime-build for c++ that works for me the best. pay attention to the 'selector' field. it's a plain string rather than an array. keyword: vs2008, cl.exe, sublime text, custome build

c++.sublime-build

{
  "cmd": ["cl", "${file}", "/link", "user32.lib"],
  "path": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\\Common7\\IDE;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\\VC\\BIN;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\\Common7\\Tools;C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v3.5;C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v2.0.50727;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\\VC\\VCPackages;C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft SDKs\\Windows\\v6.0A\\bin;C:\\Program Files\\Intel\\iCLS Client\\;C:\\Windows\\system32;C:\\Windows;C:\\Windows\\System32\\Wbem;C:\\Windows\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0;C:\\Program Files\\TortoiseSVN\\bin;c:\\python27;C:\\Python27\\Scripts;c:\\program files\\bin;C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft SQL Server\\110\\Tools\\Binn\\;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Windows Kits\\8.1\\Windows Performance Toolkit\\;C:\\Chocolatey\\bin;",
  "working_dir": "${file_path:${folder}}",
  "file_regex": "^\\s*(.+?)\\(([0-9]+),?([0-9]+)?\\):\\s*(.*) \\[",
  "shell": true,
  "selector": "source.c++",

  "env":
  {
    "INCLUDE": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\\VC\\ATLMFC\\INCLUDE;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\\VC\\INCLUDE;C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft SDKs\\Windows\\v6.0A\\include;",
    "LIB": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\\VC\\ATLMFC\\LIB;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\\VC\\LIB;C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft SDKs\\Windows\\v6.0A\\lib;",
    "LIBPATH": "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v3.5;C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v2.0.50727;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\\VC\\ATLMFC\\LIB;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\\VC\\LIB;"
  },
  
  "variants": [
          {
                  "name": "Run",
                  "cmd": ["${file_path}/${file_base_name}"]
          }
  ]
}