The C++ Compiler cannot run a simple test program

[cristian-adam]

Since you have changed the generator in the Kit you would have to click in the Project settings on the "Re-configure with Initial Parameters" or just create a new project using this Kit.

The new project will get the right generator and should configure just fine 🙂

[Daemonitas]

@cristian-adam
it somehow worked (?) in a way

it enables the build and run button but at the same time it can't build when i'm using the minGw kit but when I use the MSVC kit it shows a ton of errors

as shown here

Edit:

this is the output on the MinGW kit

[cristian-adam]

A MSVC Kit works with these generators:

• Ninja
• Visual Studio 17 2022
• NMake Makefiles
• NMake Makefiles - JOM

The MinGW Kit would work with these generators:

• Ninja
• MinGW Makefiles

You can't have a MinGW Kit working with a Visual Studio generator.

There is something broken on your PC. I'm running out of ideas.

[Daemonitas]

@cristian-adam
for the msvc kit it seems the error to be in just one line
" <Exec Command="%(PreBuildEvent.Command)$(_BuildSuffix)" StdOutEncoding="%(PreBuildEvent.StdOutEncoding)" StdErrEncoding="%(PreBuildEvent.StdErrEncoding)" Condition="'%(PreBuildEvent.Command)' != ''"/>"

If nothing works Ig I cant use Qt then

Edit:
i tried changing the generator to MinGW Makefiles in the MinGw kit and get this error

[cristian-adam]

You should check your global PATH environment variable.

At https://github.com/isl-org/Open3D/issues/2316 it's being mentioned:

Error MSB3073 is generally caused by an incorrect path in the command line

You can type in Qt Creator in the Locator field (press Ctrl+K):

! cmd /c set PATH

In the General Messages pane you should get the output. Maybe you can paste it here.

This could explain why so many command line tools are broken.

[cristian-adam]

On this Arm64 Laptop I have something like:

Starting command "cmd /c set PATH".
Path=C:\Projects\github\vcpkg;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Users\Cristian\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311-arm64\Scripts\;C:\Users\Cristian\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311-arm64\;C:\Users\Cristian\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\Cristian\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Links;c:\Tools\cmake\bin;c:\Tools\ninja;c:\Tools\ccache;;C:\Users\Cristian\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\Users\Cristian\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Microsoft.Sysinternals.ProcessExplorer_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe;
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC

The command "cmd /c set PATH" finished successfully.

And for me all the things just work. Qt 6.5.0 with MSVC and MinGW.

[Daemonitas]

@cristian-adam
Path=C:\Program Files\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA NvDLISR;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files\Cloudflare\Cloudflare WARP;C:\Program Files\dotnet;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-19\bin;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Qt\Tools\QtCreator\bin;D:\MinGw\bin;C:\cmake-3.26.3-windows-x86_64\cmake-3.26.3-windows-x86_64\bin;C:\Users-redacted-\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users-redacted-\Documents\MinGW\bin
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC

[cristian-adam]

@Daemonitas said in The C++ Compiler cannot run a simple test program:

@cristian-adam
Path=C:\Program Files\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA NvDLISR;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files\Cloudflare\Cloudflare WARP;C:\Program Files\dotnet;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-19\bin;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Qt\Tools\QtCreator\bin;D:\MinGw\bin;C:\cmake-3.26.3-windows-x86_64\cmake-3.26.3-windows-x86_64\bin;C:\Users-redacted-\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users-redacted-\Documents\MinGW\bin
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC

I can't see anything that would break things 😔

How does the MSVC Kit with NMake Makefiles JOM generator work?

[Daemonitas]

@cristian-adam
the build button was disabled again

oops I accidentally marked it as solved

[goldenhawking]

QMake sometimes is simpler than CMake for simple applications.

[Daemonitas]

@Daemonitas

I got this pop up now when compiling using the msvc kit

[Orkun Tokdemir]

@Daemonitas Can you compile anything with the compiler CMake found?
Can you please try it with the hello word code?

<the full path I highlighted>  hello.cpp -o hello 

[Daemonitas]

@Orkun-Tokdemir
you mean this one?

[Orkun Tokdemir]

@Daemonitas yes

[Daemonitas]

@Orkun-Tokdemir
well clearly it works
perhaps the problem is actually my laptop itself
but what causes this in the first place

[Orkun Tokdemir]

@Daemonitas Did you run it as below?

"C:Qt/Tools/mingw120_64/bin/c++.exe"  hello.cpp -o hello

[Daemonitas]

@Orkun-Tokdemir
yes It works fine

[cristian-adam]

There is something wrong with your Windows installation / laptop.

The compilers themselves seem to work, but not the build programs (ninja, mingw32-make, msbuild, jom).

The antivirus is not the issue. I can think of two issues:

1. some sort of a disk failure
2. some user rights access issues

You can get yourself a Windows Virtual Machine from https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/virtual-machines/

That is if the laptop is powerful enough to run a VM.

[Daemonitas]

@cristian-adam
so I reinstalled windows and mingw works

msvc said its missing cxx compiler path but hey atleast mingw works so I guess problem solved
my windows is the problem after all. Had to sacrifice my files but as long as it works its a win in my book.