Include stdlib.h :No such file or directory in vc++

Question

I compiled my c++ program in the directory

  D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\bin

But stdlib.h is present in the path.

  D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\include

While compiling my program, it throws the following error in the command prompt.

fatal error c1083:cannot open include file:"stdlib.h":No such file or directory 
NMAKE : fatal error U1077 :'.\c1.exe' : return code '0x2

How to solve this issue.Please take a look into it.

Thanks.'

Solution 1

If you compile from the command-line, you should use the Visual Studio Command Prompt as it sets common environment variables that are used for compiling.

If for some reason you insist on using cmd.exe then you have to either add the include paths to the INCLUDE environment variable or you have to give the compiler the command-line parameter /IC:\Path\to\include

Details are available on MSDN

edit: well since this got recently upvoted I might as well add what I forgot last time. If you want to set up the environment variables that the Visual Studio Command Prompt uses you can just execute the vcvarsall.bat which is located in a directory like C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC for details consult the relevant MSDN page

Solution 2

Make sure you have the right platform toolset selected.

Project -> properties -> configuration properties -> Platform toolset

If you move a project from computer to computer via a flash drive or something, it can have an invalid toolset selected. That can cause intellisense to tell you that.

Comments

[Константин Ван]

If you’re using Visual Studio build tool, run Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat on cmd and it’ll set everything up on the console for you.