[Insight-users] compiling on windows 7 64bit

[Matt McCormick]

Hi Leila,

It is a hairy process.  Here are my notes:

This page describes how to install 64-bit amd64 binary generation for
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Express.  By default, it only supports
32-bit x86 binaries.

== Step 1: Install Visual Studio ==

Install [http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=14597
Visual Studio 2008 Express SP1].

== Step 2: Install the Windows SDK ==

Install [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/ff851942 the
Windows SDK].  Install the '''Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and
.NET Framework 3.5''', i.e. SDK '''v6.0A'''.  This is the version with
the 2008 amd64 compilers.

== Step 3: Hack the registry ==

  The following was extracted from
[https://github.com/enGits/engrid/wiki/Configure-Microsoft-Visual-Studio-2008-Express-to-also-build-for-Windows-x64
this Github wiki page] on 2012-12-04.

=== Introduction ===
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Express comes by default with only
compilation and building capabilities for creating 32bit applications
for Windows. It's this way (probably) because:
# The Express editions are ''basic'' versions of the
Professional/Standard editions of Visual Studio, but still pack the
''awesome power of debugging'' in Windows, as well as most of their
optimization algorithms.
# Since they are ''basic'' editions, they provide IDEs for each
language in separate environments.
# These ''basic'' editions are oriented to home users and small
businesses who cannot afford to invest in a +500 USD application per
workstation just to create a ''cheap'' application for Windows.
# ...And this might also be a way for potential users to stay away
from GNU Gcc and MinGW... as well as away from Linux and Mac OS X...
but this might just be ''the paranoia talking''.

(Side note: seems that MSVC 2010 doesn't have these problems...)

Nonetheless, Microsoft does provide the tools for building 64bit
applications, for both the x86_64 (AMD64) and Itanium (IA64)
architectures! But the respective compilers only come included with
the Windows SDK. And that SDK is tailored to work out-of-the-box with
the Standard/Professional editions.

Therefore, only the inquisitive minds will try and figure out how this
can work for Express. For those, unofficial informations have been
compiled here: [http://jenshuebel.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/visual-c-2008-express-edition-and-64-bit-targets/
"Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition And 64-Bit Targets" on "Jen's Blog"].
It was based on that blog post that this wiki article has been written
in a more ''wiki-way''.

=== Installation Instructions ===
# Install the Windows SDK. It's available
[http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=18950 here] -
Download ISO for your windows machine: x86 (GRMSDK_EN_DVD.iso) or
AMD64 (GRMSDKX_EN_DVD.iso). On older SDKs, both ISOs were necessary.
# Open the Registry editor (<code>regedit.exe</code>).
# Hack the necessary registry places:
## On Windows 32bit:
### Visit the key <code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Visual
Studio\9.0\CLSID</code> and export it to
<code>sdk_data_clsid.reg</code>.
### Visit the key <code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Visual
Studio\9.0\VC</code> and export it to <code>sdk_data_vc.reg</code>.
### Visit the key
<code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VCExpress</code> and also
export the file to <code>backup_msvc2008exp.reg</code>, this time to
keep a backup.
### Edit the files <code>sdk_data_clsid.reg</code> and
<code>sdk_data_vc.reg</code>, to replace all occurrences of
<code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Visual Studio</code> to
<code>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VCExpress</code>. Save the
files.
## On Windows 64bit:
### Visit the key
<code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Visual
Studio\9.0\CLSID</code> and export it to
<code>sdk_data_clsid.reg</code>.
### Visit the key
<code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Visual
Studio\9.0\VC</code> and export it to <code>sdk_data_vc.reg</code>.
### Visit the key
<code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VCExpress</code>
and also export the file <code>backup_msvc2008exp.reg</code>, this
time to keep a backup.
### Edit the files <code>sdk_data_clsid.reg</code> and
<code>sdk_data_vc.reg</code>, to replace all occurrences of
<code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Visual
Studio</code> to
<code>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VCExpress</code>.
Save the files.
# Import the files <code>sdk_data_clsid.reg</code> and
<code>sdk_data_vc.reg</code>, either from <tt>Regedit</tt> or by
double-clicking on the modified files.
# Fix the broken <tt>config</tt> files:
## On Windows 32bit:
### Go to the folder <code>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
9.0\VC\vcpackages</code> and rename the file
<code>AMD64.VCPlatform.config</code> to
<code>AMD64.VCPlatform.Express.config</code>.
## On Windows 64bit:
### Go to the folder <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
Studio 9.0\VC\vcpackages</code> and rename the file
<code>AMD64.VCPlatform.config</code> to
<code>AMD64.VCPlatform.Express.config</code>.
### The following steps don't seem to be always necessary. Check the
next section first, to see if it works. If not, come back to this
point.<br>Recover broken DLL files:
#### Visit the DVD/Installer from where you installed Windows SDK and
open the file <code>Setup\vc_stdx86.cab</code>.
#### Copy the file <code>FL_VCProjectAMD64Platform_dll_*</code> from
inside <code>Setup\vc_stdx86.cab</code> to a temporary folder.
#### Rename the copy to <code>VCProjectAMD64Platform.dll</code>.
#### Now copy this file to the folder <code>C:\Program Files
(x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\vcpackages</code>.

<br>
Modifications are now complete. You may now start MSVC2008 Express
once again and open/start a new project.

HTH,
Matt

On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 8:26 AM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Leila Baghdadi
> <baghdadi at phenogenomics.ca> wrote:
>> thank you!
>>
>
> You are welcome.
> I guess all you need from the previous link is:
>
> "64-bit tools are not available on Visual C++ Express by default. To
> enable 64-bit tools on Visual C++ Express, install the Windows
> Software Development Kit (SDK) in addition to Visual C++ Express.
> Otherwise, an error occurs when you attempt to configure a project to
> target a 64-bit platform using Visual C++ Express."
>
> John
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