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VISUAL STUDIO 2017+: Enable large address aware on post build
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@rem bat file to ease use of the powershell | |
@%~d0 | |
@cd "%~dp0" | |
@REM NOTE: Save the PostBuildEvent.ps1 to your project directory | |
powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -NoLogo -NoProfile -file "$(ProjectDir)PostBuildEvent.ps1" -TargetPath "$(TargetPath)" | |
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[CmdletBinding()] | |
Param ( | |
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline = $true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true)] | |
[string] $TargetPath | |
) | |
Clear-Host | |
# TIM C: I extrapolated how to load vs shell from the shortcut that installs with VS 2019 called: "Developer PowerShell for VS 2019". | |
# I added the take on VSWHERE so it will work for any version 2017+ | |
#. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe" -? | |
$instance = (. "$(${env:ProgramFiles(x86)})\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe" -latest -format json | ConvertFrom-Json) | |
$common7Path = ([System.IO.FileInfo]$instance.productPath).Directory.Parent.FullName | |
$instanceId = $instance.instanceId | |
Import-Module "$common7Path\Tools\Microsoft.VisualStudio.DevShell.dll"; | |
Enter-VsDevShell $instanceId | |
Set-Location ([Io.Path]::Combine($common7Path, "..\")) | |
$path = (get-Location).Path | |
$editBin = (Get-ChildItem -Path $path -Filter "editbin.exe" -Recurse -File).FullName | |
if ($editBin) { | |
"Setting large address aware: `r`n`t'$editBin' /largeaddressaware '$TargetPath'" | |
. "$editBin" /largeaddressaware "$TargetPath" | |
} else { | |
Write-Error "Could not find editbin.exe under path: $path" | |
} | |
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