Visual studio doesn't have cl.exe

Question

I downloaded Visual C++ and Visual Studio, but I still cannot find cl.exe to compile my CPP file.

The path is:C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\\VC\\bin

Where can I find this file to compile C++ code?

Answer 1

Visual Studio 2015 doesn't install C++ by default. You have to rerun the setup, select Modify and then check Programming Language -> C++

Answer 2

For me that have Visual Studio 2015 this works:
Search this in the start menu: Developer Command Prompt for VS2015 and run the program in the search result.
You can now execute your command in it, for example: cl /?

Answer 3

In Visual Studio 2019 you can find cl.exe inside

32-BIT : C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.20.27508\bin\Hostx86\x86
64-BIT : C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.20.27508\bin\Hostx64\x64

Before trying to compile either run vcvars32 for 32-Bit compilation or vcvars64 for 64-Bit.

32-BIT : "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars32.bat"
64-BIT : "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"

If you can't find the file or the directory, try going to C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2019\\Community\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC and see if you can find a folder with a version number. If you can't, then you probably haven't installed C++ through the Visual Studio Installation yet.