Article ID: 167804
Article Last Modified on 6/8/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q167804
SYMPTOMS
The Source Profiler, provided with Microsoft Visual C++, versions 5.0 and
6.0, may not execute from the Developer Studio. When attempting to profile,
Developer Studio switches to the Profiler output window but the profiler
tools are not executed and no output is produced.
CAUSE
This problem occurs because Developer Studio fails to create the correct
environment paths for the spawned process and cannot find the profiler
tools using the current path variables.
RESOLUTION
To work around this problem:
For Visual C++, version 5.0 on Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition (Me), add the following directories to
the PATH statement in your Autoexec.bat file:
PATH=[Developer Studio Path]\SharedIDE\Bin; [Developer Studio
Path]\VC\Bin
For Visual C++, version 6.0 on Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition (Me), add the following directories to
the PATH statement in your Autoexec.bat file:
PATH=[Visual Studio Path]\Common\MSDev98\Bin;[Visual Studio Path]\
VC98\Bin
On Windows NT, execute the System applet in Control Panel and select the
Environment tab. Add the previous directories to the system's
PATH environment variable, not the individual user's PATH variable.
On Windows 2000, execute the System applet in Control Panel, select the
Advanced tab and
click
Environment Variables button. Add the previous directories the the System's PATH
environment variable.
Finally, verify that these directories are also referenced in the IDE by
following these steps:
- On the Tools menu, click Options.
- On the Options dialog box, click the Directories tab.
- Select Executable Files from the Show Directories For list.
- Look for the appropriate directories in the Directories list.
- If necessary, add the full path to the Bin directories of Developer
Studio and Visual C++ (as noted previously). To add to the Directories
list, click on an blank line and type.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
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