x64 C++ VS2005 Problem

Question

Running on a Win 2008 R2 virtual machine.

Have installed VS 2005, VS 2005 SP1,  and the Vista SP1 for VS2005.
Also VS 2005 64bit Prerequisites(x64) installed.

I can create C# and VB apps and target them to x64.
No such luck with C++.

If I create an app with C++ it defaults to Win32.
If I try to set a new target, x64 isn't an option.

Any ideas?

If I open a C++ x64 project from elsewhere, I get unspecified error when I try to compile,also when I try to look at project properties etc.

Answer 1

Look at post : Can't create x64 configurations or compile existing projects using one.
The solution is there.

The C++ x64 tools are installed by default.
Went Control-Panel-Programs--Visual studio 2005- Uninstall/Change --Add Features 

Works OK now.