mspdb80.dll was not found !

mspdb80.dll was not found !

• Adrian_Moore

  I've found that simply adding C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin to the system path environment variable seemed to work, I also noticed that a user environment variable called Path was defined that I deleted (not sure where it came from or why it's there, never saw it before)
  
  

• Jake Pratt

  shjuspea wrote:

  I've just encountered the same problem when I tried to run a platform SDK server 2003 SP1 sample using VS2005 in command line these days, fortunately I solve it now. Maybe useless for you: the key is the environment variable "PATH" vs2005 c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\ psdk c:\program files\microsoft platform sdk\ First, go to vs2005 install path c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc, run vcvarsall.bat to set environment variable; then c:\program files\microsoft platform sdk\, run setenv command: eg: setenv /SRV32 /DEBUG. I use it to make the program work properly.

  vcvarsall.bat isn't a file in the visual studio 8 distribution. Do I actually need to install VC# Express or VC++ Express to get this

  My specific problem: I'm trying to use the NetMeeting COM libraries from Visual J# Express. Those are supplied as IDL files only (the NetMeeting ActiveX component by itself doesn't give expose the hooks I need, what I need is in the "new" API provided in the IDL). Apparently the only way to use those in .Net is to compile them with MIDL and then import the type libraries, which requires installing the platform SDK and .Net 2.0 SDK. MIDL needs cl.exe; and like the rest of the people in this thread have found, cl.exe can't find mspdb80.dll.

  
  

• irascian

  I have the same problem, but only when I target the Retail Build Environment. This problem is not there (for me at least) for the Debug environment.

  Reinstalling VC++ express does not fix the problem.

  TIA

  Alan

  
  

• Devilar

  I dont get what you mean by env variable "path" Im new to this stuff could you explaine more
  

• girafologue

  Copy these files from VS8DIR\Common7\IDE to VS8DIR\VC\Bin:
  msobj80.dll
  mspdb80.dll
  mspdbcore.dll
  mspdbsrv.exe
  

• John Woodiwiss

  Hi there,
  
  You most likely already figured this out, but environment variables can be set by right-clicking on "my computer", then choose "properies". Select the "advanced" tab and at the bottom there will be a button for "environment variables". You will see these are divided up into "user variables" and "system variables", and in the list one should be "PATH". If you highlight that one and click edit, then you can add
  
  C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE;
  
  Don't forget the semi-colon at the end if you put it first, or you can scroll through all the others and insert it at the end.
  
  That should fix the problem.
  
  

• Steve Simon

  I'm getting the same exact problem. I stopped using VC8 for a few days, then when I came back to it, this happens when trying to compile some simple programs from a tutorial which I have compiled and run before.
  
  

• T0MM0

  I'm running Express 2005 and the default path for the IDE directory is:

  C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE

  You should find it there.

  
  

• asche

  I'm using Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition, which does not have any IDE folder.

  Any chance I can solve this problem

  
  

• tlunde

  I have the same problem: Unable to Locate Component / This application has failed to start because mspdb80.dll was not found. I tried reinstalling, repairing, and uninstalling and reinstalling again, and I always get the same error. This problem is not listed as a known issue and a search for "mspdb80.dll" in the Knownledge Base finds nothing.
  
  How do we report this problem to Microsoft, other that posting about the problem here
  
  

• SDKCodeMonkey

  For the .Net Framework tools to function properly, the Path, Include, and Lib environment variables must be set correctly. Set the Path, Include and Lib environment variables by running SDKVars.bat, located in the <SDK>\v2.0\Bin directory. SDKVars.bat must be executed in every command shell.
  

• Mike4676

  I've just encountered the same problem when I tried to run a platform SDK server 2003 SP1 sample using VS2005 in command line these days, fortunately I solve it now. Maybe useless for you: the key is the environment variable "PATH"
  
  vs2005 c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\
  psdk c:\program files\microsoft platform sdk\
  
  First, go to vs2005 install path c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc, run vcvarsall.bat to set environment variable; then c:\program files\microsoft platform sdk\, run setenv command: eg: setenv /SRV32 /DEBUG. I use it to make the program work properly.
  
  
  
  

• P.Hyde

  Thanks Indiana, that fixed the problem.

  Also don't forget that if you're running from the command prompt, you'll need to restart it before any changes to the environment variables will take effect.

  Simon

  
  

• Jack Knife

  just add in env variable "path"
  
  C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE
  
  this should work perfectly,cheers
  
  
  
  
• mspdb80.dll was not found !