Workaround: VCBuild fails to compile or upgrade projects in SDK

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There is a known issue with the pre-release Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 that may prevent your sample or code from running. This will be fixed in a future release. In some cases, for VCBuild to run properly, vcprojectengine.dll needs to be registered manually. Without registering vcprojectengine.dll, VCBuild.exe could fail with errors such as:

 

On compile:

warning MSB3422: Failed to retrieve VC project information through the VC project engine object model. System error code: 127.

 

On upgrade:

Failed to upgrade project file 'ping.vcproj'. Please make sure the file exists and is not write-protected.

 

To workaround this issue, vcprojectengine.dll must be manually registered. From a Windows SDK command line window (in Vista, right-click SDK CMD Shell shortcut and choose run as administrator), run:

 

On an X86 or IA64 machine:

cd %mssdk%\VC\bin

regsvr32 vcprojectengine.dll

 

On an X64 machine:

cd %mssdk%\VC\bin\X64

regsvr32 vcprojectengine.dll

 

A window should pop up to verify that vcprojectengine.dll has been registered.