Unable to compile CUDA 13 template project in VS2022

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I have installed VS2022 version 17.14.23 and CUDA tool kit 13.1.0

I have also updated my Nvidia driver, currently using NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, version 591.74

I kept encountering these errors:

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I have tried reinstalling VS2022, CUDA toolkit 13.0.0 and tried CUDA tool kit 13.1.0 but they all gave me the same error.

I have also tried changing the code generation from 75 to 89, added additional compiler option “-allow-unsupported-compiler”.

I can compile the project manually via command prompt but not on VS2022.

These are the error output:

1>      Output file "C:\CudaTest\Test\Test\x64\Release\kernel.cu.obj" does not exist.
1>      Task "Message"
1>        Compiling CUDA source file kernel.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:\CudaTest\Test\Test\x64\Release')).
1>      Task "MakeDir" skipped, due to false condition; ('$(__Keep)' == 'true' AND !Exists('$(__KeepDir)')) was evaluated as ('false' == 'true' AND !Exists('x64\Release')).
1>      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170\BuildCustomizations\CUDA 13.1.targets(800,13): message : Property reassignment: $(__CommandLineTemplate)=""C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.1\bin\nvcc.exe" [CodeGeneration] --use-local-env -ccbin "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.40.33807\bin\HostX64\x64" -x cu [GenerateRelocatableDeviceCode] [ExtensibleWholeProgramCompilation] [Include] [RequiredIncludes] [InterleaveSourceInPTX] [GPUDebugInfo] [GenerateLineInfo] [Keep] [KeepDir] [FastMath] [MaxRegCount] [PtxAsOptionV] [SplitCompile] [FastCompile] [TargetMachinePlatform] [NvccCompilation] [CudaRuntime] [AdditionalOptions] [HostDebugInfo] [Emulation] [Defines] -Xcompiler "/EHsc [Warning] /nologo [Optimization] /FS [DebugInformationFormat] [RuntimeChecks] [Runtime] [TypeInfo]" -Xcompiler "/Fdx64\Release\vc143.pdb" [CompileOut] "C:\CudaTest\Test\Test\kernel.cu"" (previous value: ""C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.1\bin\nvcc.exe" [CodeGeneration] --use-local-env -ccbin "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.40.33807\bin\HostX64\x64" -x cu [GenerateRelocatableDeviceCode] [ExtensibleWholeProgramCompilation] [Include] [RequiredIncludes] [InterleaveSourceInPTX] [GPUDebugInfo] [GenerateLineInfo] [Keep] [KeepDir] [FastMath] [MaxRegCount] [PtxAsOptionV] [SplitCompile] [FastCompile] [TargetMachinePlatform] [NvccCompilation] [CudaRuntime] [AdditionalOptions] [HostDebugInfo] [Emulation] [Defines] -Xcompiler "/EHsc [Warning] /nologo [Optimization] /FS [DebugInformationFormat] [RuntimeChecks] [Runtime] [TypeInfo]" -Xcompiler "/Fd[ProgramDataBaseFileName]" [CompileOut] "C:\CudaTest\Test\Test\kernel.cu"") at C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170\BuildCustomizations\CUDA 13.1.targets (800,13)
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\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp71b1d1fc96544bc098a24830a0609bfc.cmd"
1>        "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.1\bin\nvcc.exe" -gencode=arch=compute_75,code=\"sm_75,compute_75\" --use-local-env -ccbin "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.40.33807\bin\HostX64\x64" -x cu   -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.1\include" -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.1\include"     --keep-dir x64\Release  -maxrregcount=0    --machine 64 --compile -cudart hybrid    -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DNDEBUG -D_CONSOLE -D_MBCS -Xcompiler "/EHsc /W3 /nologo /O2 /FS   /MD " -Xcompiler "/Fdx64\Release\vc143.pdb" -o C:\CudaTest\Test\Test\x64\Release\kernel.cu.obj "C:\CudaTest\Test\Test\kernel.cu"
1>
1>        C:\CudaTest\Test\Test>"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.1\bin\nvcc.exe" -gencode=arch=compute_75,code=\"sm_75,compute_75\" --use-local-env -ccbin "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.40.33807\bin\HostX64\x64" -x cu   -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.1\include" -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.1\include"     --keep-dir x64\Release  -maxrregcount=0    --machine 64 --compile -cudart hybrid    -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DNDEBUG -D_CONSOLE -D_MBCS -Xcompiler "/EHsc /W3 /nologo /O2 /FS   /MD " -Xcompiler "/Fdx64\Release\vc143.pdb" -o C:\CudaTest\Test\Test\x64\Release\kernel.cu.obj "C:\CudaTest\Test\Test\kernel.cu"
1>        C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170\BuildCustomizations\CUDA 13.1.targets(803,9): error MSB3721: The command ""C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.1\bin\nvcc.exe" -gencode=arch=compute_75,code=\"sm_75,compute_75\" --use-local-env -ccbin "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.40.33807\bin\HostX64\x64" -x cu   -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.1\include" -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.1\include"     --keep-dir x64\Release  -maxrregcount=0    --machine 64 --compile -cudart hybrid    -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DNDEBUG -D_CONSOLE -D_MBCS -Xcompiler "/EHsc /W3 /nologo /O2 /FS   /MD " -Xcompiler "/Fdx64\Release\vc143.pdb" -o C:\CudaTest\Test\Test\x64\Release\kernel.cu.obj "C:\CudaTest\Test\Test\kernel.cu"" exited with code 1.
1>      Done executing task "CudaCompile" -- FAILED.
1>    Done building target "CudaBuildCore" in project "Test.vcxproj" -- FAILED.
1>
1>    Done building project "Test.vcxproj" -- FAILED.
1>  Done executing task "MSBuild" -- FAILED.
1>
1>Done building project "Test.vcxproj" -- FAILED.
1>
1>Build FAILED.
1>
1>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170\BuildCustomizations\CUDA 13.1.targets(803,9): error MSB3721: The command ""C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.1\bin\nvcc.exe" -gencode=arch=compute_75,code=\"sm_75,compute_75\" --use-local-env -ccbin "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.40.33807\bin\HostX64\x64" -x cu   -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.1\include" -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.1\include"     --keep-dir x64\Release  -maxrregcount=0    --machine 64 --compile -cudart hybrid    -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DNDEBUG -D_CONSOLE -D_MBCS -Xcompiler "/EHsc /W3 /nologo /O2 /FS   /MD " -Xcompiler "/Fdx64\Release\vc143.pdb" -o C:\CudaTest\Test\Test\x64\Release\kernel.cu.obj "C:\CudaTest\Test\Test\kernel.cu"" exited with code 1.
1>    0 Warning(s)
1>    1 Error(s)
1>
1>Time Elapsed 00:00:00.89
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
========== Build completed at 6:24 pm and took 01.590 seconds ==========

Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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This is my pc build sample:

C:\Users\richa\source\repos\CudaRuntime1>“C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.1\bin\nvcc.exe” -gencode=arch=compute_75,code=“sm_75,compute_75” --use-local-env -ccbin “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.44.35207\bin\HostX64\x64” -x cu -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.1\include" -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v13.1\include" -G --keep-dir CudaRuntime1\x64\Debug -maxrregcount=0 --machine 64 --compile -cudart hybrid -g -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -D_DEBUG -D_CONSOLE -D_MBCS -Xcompiler "/EHsc /W3 /nologo /Od /FS /Zi /RTC1 /MDd " -Xcompiler “/FdCudaRuntime1\x64\Debug\vc143.pdb” -o C:\Users\richa\source\repos\CudaRuntime1\CudaRuntime1\x64\Debug\kernel.cu.obj “C:\Users\richa\source\repos\CudaRuntime1\kernel.cu”
1>kernel.cu
1>tmpxft_0000b438_00000000-7_kernel.cudafe1.cpp
1> Creating library C:\Users\richa\source\repos\CudaRuntime1\x64\Debug\CudaRuntime1.lib and object C:\Users\richa\source\repos\CudaRuntime1\x64\Debug\CudaRuntime1.exp
1>LINK : warning LNK4098: defaultlib ‘LIBCMT’ conflicts with use of other libs; use /NODEFAULTLIB:library
1>CudaRuntime1.vcxproj → C:\Users\richa\source\repos\CudaRuntime1\x64\Debug\CudaRuntime1.exe
1>Done building project “CudaRuntime1.vcxproj”.
========== Rebuild All: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 skipped ==========
========== Rebuild completed at 8:46 PM and took 01.975 seconds ==========

Compare my side and yours, some setting different, for your setting, there is code=\sm_75,compute_75\, my side without the “\”

I am not sure this can help.

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I have a similar problem. (You should remove IntelIisense to accept <<< >>> ?). I get the same error at line 803 but if I copy the command line and run in x64 Native tool it works as you say and then I can run from the IDE with debug. When I enable Verbose in VS2022 it says something I think is problems combining 32-bit compiler (32-bit compiler can be used to generate 64-bit code as required for Cuda 13.1) results with 64-bit compiler results and I don’t know any setting to force them to use the same for both nvcc and VS2022 (although both complie for x64 and I selected 64-bit tools). Maybe to replace the exe files or remove 32-bit tools. I also use 17.14.23, maybe Richard is not?

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Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022
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@kalle.prorok These are my side setting.

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Thank you Richard!

Interesting to see and I’ve heard other made it work in IDE so something strange with my install (I reinstalled several times) -. it seems my VS 2022 opens a command window with 32-bit settings when compiling. It works in x64 native but it is a bit cumbersome.. noticed there is a new version of Cuda (13.1 update 1) to try out as well as github with examples in 13.1-version (they didn’t work in IDE but in x64 native window).

You have some kind of 13.1 Wizard? what is that?

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Hello Kalle,

One modify for me is, remove 13.1 inside api file non ascii character.
I am not sure that impact.

Regards,
Richard

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Hi @amanpotato788
I am having same issue on cuda 12.9 and rtx 5090 have you succeeded solving the problem?
Can I ask how?

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You can use any hex viewer (like hex mode in notepad ++ find the special character, then take off, most you can direct remove.
I did one program, find these characters , unfortunately, I can’t attached in here, gmail block it.

Regards,
Richard

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Conv11.txt (817 KB)

Please change this file name to “conv1.exe” then running, enter your directory name. The program will find special chacters.