What do you mean when you say "I set CMAKE_ROOT to a directory" ??
That should not be necessary, no matter how you're running cmake... Is that an ENV var or a CMake variable you're setting somewhere? D On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 1:18 PM, <david.k...@engilitycorp.com> wrote: > A small correction: the problem with "The C compiler identification is > unknown" seems to have been due to the fact that I forgot to open that > particular command window as administrator. In a new command window, run as > administrator, both -G "Visual Studio 10" and -G "Visual Studio 10 Win64" > produce the "required elevation" error, same as before. Go figure. > > David > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Karr, David A. @ EngilityCorp >> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 12:47 PM >> To: 'David Cole' >> Cc: cmake@cmake.org >> Subject: RE: [CMake] Unable to create project files with Visual Studio >> 2010 on Windows 7 >> >> I tried this with a CMakeLists file that contains only a PROJECT and >> ADD_EXECUTABLE (with a single C++ source file). The only things present >> in the directory before running CMake were the C++ file, >> CMakeLists.txt, and a batch file that I used to run CMake. I still get >> the "requires elevation" error even when I run cmake.exe from a command >> line as administrator. It also doesn't seem to matter whether I select >> Visual Studio 10 or Visual Studio 10 Win64 as my generator. >> >> I thought maybe the problem was that I didn't "install" CMake, rather >> (as I've been doing for years, due to the way this project is version- >> controlled) I set CMAKE_ROOT to a directory that happens to contain the >> CMake files and then ran a copy of cmake.exe. I just tried the exercise >> again after doing a regular installation of CMake 3.1.0 (using default >> choices only) and came up with the same result. (Actually not quite: >> now -G "Visual Studio 10" says "The C compiler identification is >> unknown", and only -G "Visual Studio 10 Win64" produces the "elevation" >> error, whereas with my previous uninstalled version both generators >> resulted in "elevation".) >> >> David > > -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake
