vc++ compile error RC : fatal error RC1107: invalid usage; use RC /? for

Question

I am getting following error while building my vc++ project (Using visual studio 2010)

RC : fatal error RC1107: invalid usage; use RC /? for

I know there is some issue while building resources but how to get the exact problem area?

Thanks

Solution 1

Solution: Add a slash to the last include path will do the trick. If your last include path already contain a slash at the end, delete it will also work.

Note: Some other include paths can cause this too; it doesn't have to be the very last include path. In particular, check the last include path that you add (in addition to the built-in ones) in your project/properties file.

Solution 2

I had a similar problem. I solved it removing the trailing backslash from the last path in Include Directories (from Project Properties | Configuration Properties | VC++ Directories).

Solution 3

I also solved this problem by removing VS include path "\" from last entry.

Solution 4

I got this when upgrading from VS2008 to VS2010. None of the suggested solutions worked for me.
What worked for me was deleting all the files in the configuration build folder (e.g. Release) and rebuilding the solution.

Solution 5

My solution for VS2010: click menu "Project","Properties" to open Property pages. click "Configuration properties", "general" to change Output Directory from "$(Configuration)\ \" to "$(Configuration)\" ,change interminably directory from "$(SolutionDir)$(Configuration)\ \" to "$(SolutionDir)$(Configuration)\".recompile and it's OK.

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Comments

[icabod]

In my case this issue started to occur on a newly-created project, after I had added BOOST environment variable to the include paths of Visual Studio (tools->options->Projects and Solutions->VC++ Directories). As I was using a variable, I just added \. to the end, which seemed to work.

[blackbada_cpp]

Thanks for saving me from headache

[Unicorn]

particularly amazing!

[zzz]

Still true and fix works years later in VS 2017. Thank you

[goldstar]

I so much love this solution!

[Varaquilex]

This still is the solution... Had a '\' at the end of my last include path, removing it did the job. Thank you!

[Joseph Willcoxson]

January 24, 2021 This is still a bug in Visual C++ 2019. Thanks.

[auhmaan]

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[E235]

What does it mean? If my last include is: #include <time.h> , I need to add #include <time.h>\` ? it will cause compilation error. Also in case you meant #include <time.h\> , also compilation error. Please explain with an example.

[rtischer8277]

VS 2022 17.3.0 v1.1 still has this problem a decade later. Neither adding nor substracting the '/' has solved it for me. Time to try and isolate it and report it for real to MS's dev community. I'll put a link back here if I succeed.

[rtischer8277]

Found a dev comm link: RC : fatal error RC1107: invalid usage; use RC /? for Help.

[rtischer8277]

I added to the VS dev community site: RC : fatal error RC1107: invalid usage; use RC /? for Help. A day later, MS VS closed it un-fixed and no plans to fix it or even address it.