Still get link.exe not found error after Windows SDK is installed

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#1

Hi,

I installed Visual Code 2019 and then its rust component. Afterward I rustc hello.rs and got link.exe not found error. Then I saw a post saying needing to install Windows SDK. So I installed Windows SDK (latest version, but My OS is Windows 10 Home) Now I still get the link.exe not found error when I rustc hello.rs. How can I fix this problem? PATH issue?....
Please help.

#2

Did you restart windows console where observing the error, after all the installations? to update the environment variables etc.

Plus, when installing Visual Studio (NOT Visual Studio Code :wink: ), had the option to include build tools been included?

#3

In the Windows Visual Studio Installer, make sure you tick the "Desktop Development with C++" workload. As of Visual Studio 2022, this should install everything you need.

#4

I rebooted Windows. I installed Visual CPP Build Tools. I am not sure I installed Visual Studio because it is not in the instructions I read. I will check on that.

This is a lot more complicated than I expect.

#5

Yeah, it's not ideal. Rustup (the rust installer) hopes to find ways to improve this in the future.

In the meantime, try opening up powershell and copy-paste the following:

&"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installer" install --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.CoreBuildTools --add Microsoft.VisualStud
io.Component.Windows11SDK.22000 --productId Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Community --channelId VisualStudio.17.Release

This should ensure you have everything that Rust needs.

#6

Thank you very much. I am installing Visual Studio. Should work afterwards.

#7

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