# nvcc error WinXP nvcc fail **URL:** \ **Category:** CUDA Programming and Performance\ **Created:** [August 8, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/nvcc-error-winxp-nvcc-fail/4928 "2008-08-08T13:06:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cstrader](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@cstrader](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/cstrader)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/nvcc-error-winxp-nvcc-fail/4928/1 "2008-08-08T13:06:46Z")
any idea why I might get this error nvcc fatal : nvcc cannot find a supported cl version. Only MSVC 7.1 and MSVC 8. 0 are supported from this command? nvcc --cubin test.cu Finds the cl.exe OK but doesn’t like it. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![cstrader](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@cstrader](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/cstrader)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/nvcc-error-winxp-nvcc-fail/4928/2 "2008-08-08T14:24:02Z")
OK, I made some progress (after seeing some other posts). But now this line nvcc.exe --cubin -ccbin "c:\program files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\tools" test.cu produces “no input files specified” the text.cu file is in the starting directory. Thanks