Error MSB3721 when building CUDA Sample and programs in vs2019, widnows10, 64bit

rohjihyun95 · November 29, 2021, 5:15am

hello,

I got some MSBUILD ERROR (MSB3721). all of cuda programs cannot be built.

I’ve tried to search solutions for 2 days, but it was not resolved.

my computer specs is
windows 10 (Os language default is korean but I’m using English)
cuda toolkit 11.5
visual studio 2019

below is my error list in visual studio. it was not detail of error.

Severity	Code	Description	Project	File	Line	Suppression State
Error	MSB3721	The command ""C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v11.5\bin\nvcc.exe" -gencode=arch=compute_35,code=\"sm_35,compute_35\" -gencode=arch=compute_37,code=\"sm_37,compute_37\" -gencode=arch=compute_50,code=\"sm_50,compute_50\" -gencode=arch=compute_52,code=\"sm_52,compute_52\" -gencode=arch=compute_60,code=\"sm_60,compute_60\" -gencode=arch=compute_61,code=\"sm_61,compute_61\" -gencode=arch=compute_70,code=\"sm_70,compute_70\" -gencode=arch=compute_75,code=\"sm_75,compute_75\" -gencode=arch=compute_80,code=\"sm_80,compute_80\" -gencode=arch=compute_86,code=\"sm_86,compute_86\" --use-local-env -ccbin "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30133\bin\HostX86\x64" -x cu   -I./ -I../../common/inc -I./ -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v11.5\/include" -I../../common/inc -I"D:\lab\2021\vcpkg\scripts\buildsystems\msbuild\..\..\..\installed\x64-windows\include" -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v11.5\include"  -G   --keep-dir x64\Debug  -maxrregcount=0  --machine 64 --compile -cudart static --threads 0 -g  -DWIN32 -DWIN32 -D_MBCS -D_MBCS -Xcompiler "/EHsc /W3 /nologo /Od /Fdx64/Debug/vc142.pdb /FS /Zi /RTC1 /MTd " -o x64/Debug/bodysystemcuda.cu.obj "C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\CUDA Samples\v11.5\5_Simulations\nbody\bodysystemcuda.cu"" exited with code 1.	nbody	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\BuildCustomizations\CUDA 11.5.targets	785

some people say, it was caused by install problem.

I reinstall visual studio 2019 and cuda toolkit 11 and reboots 3 time.
but it was not work.

and Nvidia forum said, it is related with some Window path problem
(see last comment. by yuri.syrov

Compiling Nvidia CUDA 10.1 in Visual Studio 2019 (Enterprise) project Fails - #21 by ia-innovation).

that solution was not Working but I found some clue of my error. but I don’t know How to deal with it.

when I increased verbose level of Visual studio(very very detail logging).
I get some informations.

it looks like some command string error.(my guesses)

this output it parts of build log.
it said “File name, directory name or volume label syntax is incorrect”.

I think it was… some command string error…(why it was happening? I don’t know…)

1>      Done executing task "SetEnv".
1>      Task "SetEnv"
1>        LIBPATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30133\atlmfc\lib\x64;;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30133\lib\x64;
1>      Done executing task "SetEnv".
1>      Task "SetEnv"
1>        INCLUDE=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30133\include;;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30133\atlmfc\include;;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Auxiliary\VS\include;;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.19041.0\ucrt;;;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Auxiliary\VS\UnitTest\include;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.19041.0\um;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.19041.0\shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.19041.0\winrt;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.19041.0\cppwinrt;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\NETFXSDK\4.8\Include\um;
1>      Done executing task "SetEnv".
1>      Task "SetEnv"
1>        EXTERNAL_INCLUDE=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30133\include;;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30133\atlmfc\include;;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Auxiliary\VS\include;;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.19041.0\ucrt;;;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Auxiliary\VS\UnitTest\include;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.19041.0\um;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.19041.0\shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.19041.0\winrt;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.19041.0\cppwinrt;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\NETFXSDK\4.8\Include\um;
1>      Done executing task "SetEnv".
1>    Target "SetUserMacroEnvironmentVariables" skipped, due to false condition; ('@(BuildMacro)' != '' and '$(DesignTimeBuild)' != 'true') was evaluated as ('' != '' and '' != 'true').
1>    Target PrepareForCudaBuild:
1>      Using "SanitizePaths" task from assembly "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\BuildCustomizations\Nvda.Build.CudaTasks.v11.5.dll".
1>      Task "SanitizePaths"
1>      Done executing task "SanitizePaths".
1>      Using "CudaSetEnvironmentVariable" task from assembly "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\BuildCustomizations\Nvda.Build.CudaTasks.v11.5.dll".
1>      Task "CudaSetEnvironmentVariable"
1>        Nvda.Build.CudaTasks.CudaSetEnvironmentVariable: Setting 'CUDAFE_FLAGS' to '--sdk_dir "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10"'
1>      Done executing task "CudaSetEnvironmentVariable".
1>    Target CudaBuildCore:
1>      Building target "CudaBuildCore" completely.
1>      Output file "x64/Debug/bodysystemcuda.cu.obj" does not exist.
1>      Task "Message"
1>        Compiling CUDA source file bodysystemcuda.cu...
1>      Done executing task "Message".
1>      Task "Message" skipped, due to false condition; ('$(__ExcludedFromBuild)' == 'true') was evaluated as ('' == 'true').
1>      Task "MakeDir" skipped, due to false condition; (!Exists('$(CompileOutDir)')) was evaluated as (!Exists('C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\CUDA Samples\v11.5\5_Simulations\nbody\x64\Debug')).
1>      Task "MakeDir" skipped, due to false condition; ('$(__Keep)' == 'true' AND !Exists('$(__KeepDir)')) was evaluated as ('false' == 'true' AND !Exists('x64\Debug')).
1>      Initializing task factory "XamlTaskFactory" from assembly "Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v4.0, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a".
1>      Using "CudaCompile" task from the task factory "XamlTaskFactory".
1>      Task "CudaCompile"
1>        cmd.exe /C "C:\Users\ROHJI\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpdb391e8dcc674eb193d03a956e310fcf.cmd"
1>        "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v11.5\bin\nvcc.exe" -gencode=arch=compute_35,code=\"sm_35,compute_35\" -gencode=arch=compute_37,code=\"sm_37,compute_37\" -gencode=arch=compute_50,code=\"sm_50,compute_50\" -gencode=arch=compute_52,code=\"sm_52,compute_52\" -gencode=arch=compute_60,code=\"sm_60,compute_60\" -gencode=arch=compute_61,code=\"sm_61,compute_61\" -gencode=arch=compute_70,code=\"sm_70,compute_70\" -gencode=arch=compute_75,code=\"sm_75,compute_75\" -gencode=arch=compute_80,code=\"sm_80,compute_80\" -gencode=arch=compute_86,code=\"sm_86,compute_86\" --use-local-env -ccbin "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30133\bin\HostX86\x64" -x cu   -I./ -I../../common/inc -I./ -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v11.5\/include" -I../../common/inc -I"D:\lab\2021\vcpkg\scripts\buildsystems\msbuild\..\..\..\installed\x64-windows\include" -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v11.5\include"  -G   --keep-dir x64\Debug  -maxrregcount=0  --machine 64 --compile -cudart static --threads 0 -g  -DWIN32 -DWIN32 -D_MBCS -D_MBCS -Xcompiler "/EHsc /W3 /nologo /Od /Fdx64/Debug/vc142.pdb /FS /Zi /RTC1 /MTd " -o x64/Debug/bodysystemcuda.cu.obj "C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\CUDA Samples\v11.5\5_Simulations\nbody\bodysystemcuda.cu"
1>
1>        C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\CUDA Samples\v11.5\5_Simulations\nbody>�?C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v11.5\bin\nvcc.exe" -gencode=arch=compute_35,code=\"sm_35,compute_35\" -gencode=arch=compute_37,code=\"sm_37,compute_37\" -gencode=arch=compute_50,code=\"sm_50,compute_50\" -gencode=arch=compute_52,code=\"sm_52,compute_52\" -gencode=arch=compute_60,code=\"sm_60,compute_60\" -gencode=arch=compute_61,code=\"sm_61,compute_61\" -gencode=arch=compute_70,code=\"sm_70,compute_70\" -gencode=arch=compute_75,code=\"sm_75,compute_75\" -gencode=arch=compute_80,code=\"sm_80,compute_80\" -gencode=arch=compute_86,code=\"sm_86,compute_86\" --use-local-env -ccbin "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30133\bin\HostX86\x64" -x cu   -I./ -I../../common/inc -I./ -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v11.5\/include" -I../../common/inc -I"D:\lab\2021\vcpkg\scripts\buildsystems\msbuild\..\..\..\installed\x64-windows\include" -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v11.5\include"  -G   --keep-dir x64\Debug  -maxrregcount=0  --machine 64 --compile -cudart static --threads 0 -g  -DWIN32 -DWIN32 -D_MBCS -D_MBCS -Xcompiler "/EHsc /W3 /nologo /Od /Fdx64/Debug/vc142.pdb /FS /Zi /RTC1 /MTd " -o x64/Debug/bodysystemcuda.cu.obj "C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\CUDA Samples\v11.5\5_Simulations\nbody\bodysystemcuda.cu"
1>        The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
1>        C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\BuildCustomizations\CUDA 11.5.targets(785,9): error MSB3721: The command ""C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v11.5\bin\nvcc.exe" -gencode=arch=compute_35,code=\"sm_35,compute_35\" -gencode=arch=compute_37,code=\"sm_37,compute_37\" -gencode=arch=compute_50,code=\"sm_50,compute_50\" -gencode=arch=compute_52,code=\"sm_52,compute_52\" -gencode=arch=compute_60,code=\"sm_60,compute_60\" -gencode=arch=compute_61,code=\"sm_61,compute_61\" -gencode=arch=compute_70,code=\"sm_70,compute_70\" -gencode=arch=compute_75,code=\"sm_75,compute_75\" -gencode=arch=compute_80,code=\"sm_80,compute_80\" -gencode=arch=compute_86,code=\"sm_86,compute_86\" --use-local-env -ccbin "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30133\bin\HostX86\x64" -x cu   -I./ -I../../common/inc -I./ -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v11.5\/include" -I../../common/inc -I"D:\lab\2021\vcpkg\scripts\buildsystems\msbuild\..\..\..\installed\x64-windows\include" -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v11.5\include"  -G   --keep-dir x64\Debug  -maxrregcount=0  --machine 64 --compile -cudart static --threads 0 -g  -DWIN32 -DWIN32 -D_MBCS -D_MBCS -Xcompiler "/EHsc /W3 /nologo /Od /Fdx64/Debug/vc142.pdb /FS /Zi /RTC1 /MTd " -o x64/Debug/bodysystemcuda.cu.obj "C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\CUDA Samples\v11.5\5_Simulations\nbody\bodysystemcuda.cu"" exited with code 1.
1>      Done executing task "CudaCompile" -- FAILED.
1>    Done building target "CudaBuildCore" in project "nbody_vs2019.vcxproj" -- FAILED.
1>
1>    Done building project "nbody_vs2019.vcxproj" -- FAILED.
1>  Done executing task "MSBuild" -- FAILED.
1>
1>Done building project "nbody_vs2019.vcxproj" -- FAILED.
1>
1>Build FAILED.
1>
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\BuildCustomizations\CUDA 11.5.targets(785,9): error MSB3721: The command ""C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v11.5\bin\nvcc.exe" -gencode=arch=compute_35,code=\"sm_35,compute_35\" -gencode=arch=compute_37,code=\"sm_37,compute_37\" -gencode=arch=compute_50,code=\"sm_50,compute_50\" -gencode=arch=compute_52,code=\"sm_52,compute_52\" -gencode=arch=compute_60,code=\"sm_60,compute_60\" -gencode=arch=compute_61,code=\"sm_61,compute_61\" -gencode=arch=compute_70,code=\"sm_70,compute_70\" -gencode=arch=compute_75,code=\"sm_75,compute_75\" -gencode=arch=compute_80,code=\"sm_80,compute_80\" -gencode=arch=compute_86,code=\"sm_86,compute_86\" --use-local-env -ccbin "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30133\bin\HostX86\x64" -x cu   -I./ -I../../common/inc -I./ -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v11.5\/include" -I../../common/inc -I"D:\lab\2021\vcpkg\scripts\buildsystems\msbuild\..\..\..\installed\x64-windows\include" -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v11.5\include"  -G   --keep-dir x64\Debug  -maxrregcount=0  --machine 64 --compile -cudart static --threads 0 -g  -DWIN32 -DWIN32 -D_MBCS -D_MBCS -Xcompiler "/EHsc /W3 /nologo /Od /Fdx64/Debug/vc142.pdb /FS /Zi /RTC1 /MTd " -o x64/Debug/bodysystemcuda.cu.obj "C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\CUDA Samples\v11.5\5_Simulations\nbody\bodysystemcuda.cu"" exited with code 1.
1>    0 Warning(s)
1>    1 Error(s)

that command string was broken. like that.

1>        C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\CUDA Samples\v11.5\5_Simulations\nbody>�?C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v11.5\bin\nvcc.exe" -gencode=arch=compute_35,code=\"sm_35,compute_35\" -gencode=arch=compute_37,code=\"sm_37,compute_37\" -gencode=arch=compute_50,code=\"sm_50,compute_50\" -gencode=arch=compute_52,code=\"sm_52,compute_52\" -gencode=arch=compute_60,code=\"sm_60,compute_60\" -gencode=arch=compute_61,code=\"sm_61,compute_61\" -gencode=arch=compute_70,code=\"sm_70,compute_70\" -gencode=arch=compute_75,code=\"sm_75,compute_75\" -gencode=arch=compute_80,code=\"sm_80,compute_80\" -gencode=arch=compute_86,code=\"sm_86,compute_86\" --use-local-env -ccbin "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30133\bin\HostX86\x64" -x cu   -I./ -I../../common/inc -I./ -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v11.5\/include" -I../../common/inc -I"D:\lab\2021\vcpkg\scripts\buildsystems\msbuild\..\..\..\installed\x64-windows\include" -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v11.5\include"  -G   --keep-dir x64\Debug  -maxrregcount=0  --machine 64 --compile -cudart static --threads 0 -g  -DWIN32 -DWIN32 -D_MBCS -D_MBCS -Xcompiler "/EHsc /W3 /nologo /Od /Fdx64/Debug/vc142.pdb /FS /Zi /RTC1 /MTd " -o x64/Debug/bodysystemcuda.cu.obj "C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\CUDA Samples\v11.5\5_Simulations\nbody\bodysystemcuda.cu"

So, I tested it in x64 native Tool command prompt for VS 2019
(I edited ccbin C:\Program *Files Hostx86\x64* => **Hostx64\x64**)
It’s works… but it is failed because of preprocessing problem.

C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\CUDA Samples\v11.5\5_Simulations\nbody> "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v11.5\bin\nvcc.exe" -gencode=arch=compute_35,code=\"sm_35,compute_35\" -gencode=arch=compute_37,code=\"sm_37,compute_37\" -gencode=arch=compute_50,code=\"sm_50,compute_50\" -gencode=arch=compute_52,code=\"sm_52,compute_52\" -gencode=arch=compute_60,code=\"sm_60,compute_60\" -gencode=arch=compute_61,code=\"sm_61,compute_61\" -gencode=arch=compute_70,code=\"sm_70,compute_70\" -gencode=arch=compute_75,code=\"sm_75,compute_75\" -gencode=arch=compute_80,code=\"sm_80,compute_80\" -gencode=arch=compute_86,code=\"sm_86,compute_86\" --use-local-env -ccbin "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30133\bin\Hostx64\x64\" -x cu   -I./ -I../../common/inc -I./ -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v11.5\/include" -I../../common/inc -I"D:\lab\2021\vcpkg\scripts\buildsystems\msbuild\..\..\..\installed\x64-windows\include" -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v11.5\include"  -G   --keep-dir x64\Debug  -maxrregcount=0  --machine 64 --compile -cudart static --threads 0 -g  -DWIN32 -DWIN32 -D_MBCS -D_MBCS -Xcompiler "/EHsc /W3 /nologo /Od /Fdx64/Debug/vc142.pdb /FS /Zi /RTC1 /MTd " -o x64/Debug/bodysystemcuda.cu.obj "C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\CUDA Samples\v11.5\5_Simulations\nbody\bodysystemcuda.cu"

enter image description here

I want to build cuda programs.
How to solve this problem? if you have some informations. could you advise me.

thank you for reading my question.

rohjihyun95 · November 29, 2021, 6:32am

I found solution.

problem was simple. it was related with system locale of windows 10.

(so many time spent…)

my setting was korean, I also selected beta : Use Unicode UTF-8 for world wide language support combo box.(what I supposed to do? I don’t know…)

see this image.

that caused msbuild.exe make out of order.(command string is broken.)

shortly, uncheck combo box and reboot computer, I could build cuda samples…

ha…aa finally I can build cuda programs… yeah…

system · December 13, 2021, 6:32am

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