invalid search path for library

Question

I just uninstalled visual studio 6.0 and installed 2005.

Now when I compile I get this error

warning CS1668: Invalid search path 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
        Studio\VC98\mfc\lib' specified in 'LIB environment variable' -- 'The
        system cannot find the path specified. '
warning CS1668: Invalid search path 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
        Studio\VC98\lib' specified in 'LIB environment variable' -- 'The system
        cannot find the path specified. '
first.cs(9,53): error CS1002: ; expected

I read in another thread to see what happens when you type "set lib"...this is what comes up.

c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC>set lib
lib=c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\ATLMFC\LIB;c:\Program Files\Mi
crosoft Visual Studio 8\VC\LIB;c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\Pla
tformSDK\lib;c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\lib;C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\mfc\lib;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Stu
dio\VC98\lib
LIBPATH=c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727;c:\Program Files\Microsoft
 Visual Studio 8\VC\ATLMFC\LIB

Thanks a bunch

Answer 1

Edit your LIB variable in Control Panel\System.  Remove the entries for c:\Program Files\Microsoft VIsual Studio\... as these are the VS6 paths.  If you never build from the command line then you can also change the values used by VS from within VS itself in the Tools\Options\C++ settings.  Within there is the paths that the VC++ compiler will use.  However C# uses the LIB path as well so it is best to change the environment variable.

Michael Taylor - 3/4/07
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