Qt cannot find rc.exe Codes: fatal error RC1106: invalid option: -ologo, LNK1327 / LNK1158 : fatal error during running rc.exe

kkoehne · 7 Feb 2018, 15:12

rcc.exe is nowadays part of the Windows Kit, while cl.exe is part of Visual Studio. For me (latest Visual Studio 2017 amd64), this is e.g.

D:>where rc.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.17134.0\x64\rc.exe

D:>where cl.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.14.26428\bin\Hostx64\x64\cl.exe

Try to launch the Visual Studio Command Prompt; it should put the right directories in your PATH. Is rc.exe and cl.exe available in there?

J.Hilk · wrote on 2 Jul 2018, 13:07

I believe we had this recently,

https://forum.qt.io/topic/90839/lnk1158-cannot-run-rc-exe

the topic is marked unsolved, but the posted solution does work.

Anyone700 · wrote on 2 Jul 2018, 14:52

@kkoehne I am a complete beginner. Please walk me through this
-Where is "Visual Studio Command Prompt"
-Where to edit Qt's PATH

kkoehne · 2 Jul 2018, 15:49

For how to find the Visual Studio Command Prompt, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f35ctcxw.aspx .

After opening the prompt, run

where rc.exe
rc.exe -v
where cl.exe
cl.exe -v

If you can run these commands successfully, it at least means your Visual Studio installation is complete.

Anyone700 · 2 Jul 2018, 18:32

@kkoehne I think you misunderstand. I need to add: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.17134.0\x64" to the Qt Build Environment. I do not know how to get to this window to do that: https://ddgobkiprc33d.cloudfront.net/3f7cdac6-e900-47e8-be4e-a9a1338d0d4c.png

aha_1980 · wrote on 2 Jul 2018, 18:32

@Anyone700

Tools > Options > Build&Run > Kits > «Your MSVC Kit» > Build Environment

Anyone700 · 7 Feb 2018, 20:02

@aha_1980 I already looked there and this is what I see.

It bothers me that Qt does not function on install for some of it's users and when reported. Was closed as "Not a bug".

aha_1980 · 7 Feb 2018, 20:18

@Anyone700 because it is no Qt bug. As MS compilers need to be set up separately, they, well need to be set up correctly.

So why don't you use the 'Change' button next to Environment to add the path to rcc.exe?

Anyone700 · 7 Feb 2018, 21:48

@aha_1980 The solutions discussed in the other thread appear to be in a different window. To use the one you led me to, I would need a command line.

Visual community, Dev C++, Code Blocks, and RAD studio all run without this problem.

@J.Hilk said in LNK1158: cannot run 'rc.exe':

hi, @zzzhhhzzzhhh

pleasemake sure, that the WindowsKit bin folder is part of your Build Environment

i had this issue a couple of month back, that the windows kit was no longer automatically found and I had to add it manually

kkoehne · 3 Jul 2018, 11:37

@Anyone700, Open the "Edit Environment" field for your kit and put

PATH=${PATH};C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.17134.0\x64

there. Anyhow, this shouldn't really be necessary; Qt Creator sets the right paths itself by executing the Visual Studio Command Prompt (or rather: vcvarsall.bat) once, and extracting the PATH from there. Hence my request to check whether the path is correctly set in your Visual Studio Command Prompt.

Anyone700 · 7 Mar 2018, 11:49

@kkoehne It works now. Before I go ahead and close this, I would like to figure out why this is happening and what I can do to make it never happen again. For anyone.

Here is what happens when I run those commands:

jsulm · 4 Jul 2018, 03:05

@Anyone700 Looks good. Just the parameter -v is wrong and cl expects a source file as input which is missing.

Anyone700 · 7 Apr 2018, 03:06

@jsulm So why did Qt not get the right settings on install? What else can I do to help?

aha_1980 · 4 Jul 2018, 14:51

@Anyone700

I still think you have some weird setup problem.

In your first post, you have MSVC2015, but in your screenshot you have MSVC2017.

Your developer command prompt works, so it should work in Creator too. We had some problems when running the .bat took excessive long, that may also be a problem.

Another Windows typical problem is, if PATH contains invalid directories, following (valid) directories may be ignored.

Hard to tell from my side whats going on on your system.

Anyone700 · 7 Apr 2018, 15:54

@aha_1980 The cause is moot, Qt fails expected behavior. I would argue that this is not an important bug to fix as it effects few users and has an easy fix. However it should be listed so the community can decide if it wants to fix it. I will re-list this issue with the new information found here, mark this as solved as it found a fix, and will continue to provide help figure this out here: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-20637