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Asked: 2026-05-26T10:45:41+00:00

is there any way to create a new visual studio project without using IDE,

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is there any way to create a new visual studio project without using IDE, Instead use command prompt??

I am working on a project which will generate small C++ program, so i want to create a new project, add that C++ file to that project, compile and run it, all using command prompt (batch file) only..

so could anyone please let me know how to do this.. Thanks in advance..

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  1. Editorial Team

    Let CMake make your project files for you. It uses a much more legible syntax, and you can also generate project files for a variety of other build systems.

    As an example, here’s a very basic CMake file:

    project(Foo)
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

#project source files
file (GLOB HEADER_FILES "*.h" "*.hpp")
file (GLOB SOURCE_FILES "*.cpp")

# build
add_executable(Foo ${SOURCE_FILES})
target_link_libraries(Foo ${LIBS})

    And here’s the solution file it generates.

    Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 11.00
# Visual Studio 2010
Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "ALL_BUILD", "ALL_BUILD.vcxproj", "{66E5A2EB-A802-44A1-AC9C-906752330405}"
    ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
        {1A246EDB-1F39-4776-A9C0-C81AC67D1924} = {1A246EDB-1F39-4776-A9C0-C81AC67D1924}
        {A0601C1A-BC0F-45D0-BDB1-C5056BD69958} = {A0601C1A-BC0F-45D0-BDB1-C5056BD69958}
    EndProjectSection
EndProject
Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "Foo", "Foo.vcxproj", "{1A246EDB-1F39-4776-A9C0-C81AC67D1924}"
    ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
        {A0601C1A-BC0F-45D0-BDB1-C5056BD69958} = {A0601C1A-BC0F-45D0-BDB1-C5056BD69958}
    EndProjectSection
EndProject
Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "ZERO_CHECK", "ZERO_CHECK.vcxproj", "{A0601C1A-BC0F-45D0-BDB1-C5056BD69958}"
    ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
    EndProjectSection
EndProject
Global
    GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
        Debug|Win32 = Debug|Win32
        Release|Win32 = Release|Win32
        MinSizeRel|Win32 = MinSizeRel|Win32
        RelWithDebInfo|Win32 = RelWithDebInfo|Win32
    EndGlobalSection
    GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
        {66E5A2EB-A802-44A1-AC9C-906752330405}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
        {66E5A2EB-A802-44A1-AC9C-906752330405}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
        {66E5A2EB-A802-44A1-AC9C-906752330405}.MinSizeRel|Win32.ActiveCfg = MinSizeRel|Win32
        {66E5A2EB-A802-44A1-AC9C-906752330405}.RelWithDebInfo|Win32.ActiveCfg = RelWithDebInfo|Win32
        {1A246EDB-1F39-4776-A9C0-C81AC67D1924}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
        {1A246EDB-1F39-4776-A9C0-C81AC67D1924}.Debug|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
        {1A246EDB-1F39-4776-A9C0-C81AC67D1924}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
        {1A246EDB-1F39-4776-A9C0-C81AC67D1924}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
        {1A246EDB-1F39-4776-A9C0-C81AC67D1924}.MinSizeRel|Win32.ActiveCfg = MinSizeRel|Win32
        {1A246EDB-1F39-4776-A9C0-C81AC67D1924}.MinSizeRel|Win32.Build.0 = MinSizeRel|Win32
        {1A246EDB-1F39-4776-A9C0-C81AC67D1924}.RelWithDebInfo|Win32.ActiveCfg = RelWithDebInfo|Win32
        {1A246EDB-1F39-4776-A9C0-C81AC67D1924}.RelWithDebInfo|Win32.Build.0 = RelWithDebInfo|Win32
        {A0601C1A-BC0F-45D0-BDB1-C5056BD69958}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
        {A0601C1A-BC0F-45D0-BDB1-C5056BD69958}.Debug|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
        {A0601C1A-BC0F-45D0-BDB1-C5056BD69958}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
        {A0601C1A-BC0F-45D0-BDB1-C5056BD69958}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
        {A0601C1A-BC0F-45D0-BDB1-C5056BD69958}.MinSizeRel|Win32.ActiveCfg = MinSizeRel|Win32
        {A0601C1A-BC0F-45D0-BDB1-C5056BD69958}.MinSizeRel|Win32.Build.0 = MinSizeRel|Win32
        {A0601C1A-BC0F-45D0-BDB1-C5056BD69958}.RelWithDebInfo|Win32.ActiveCfg = RelWithDebInfo|Win32
        {A0601C1A-BC0F-45D0-BDB1-C5056BD69958}.RelWithDebInfo|Win32.Build.0 = RelWithDebInfo|Win32
    EndGlobalSection
    GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
    EndGlobalSection
    GlobalSection(ExtensibilityAddIns) = postSolution
    EndGlobalSection
EndGlobal

    The Project file is similarly ugly and 294 lines long.

    Adding dependencies is pretty simple too, here’s how you add boost:

    find_package(Boost REQUIRED)
include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
set(LIBS ${LIBS} ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
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