# cmake not generating sln windows 10 AMD
**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-not-generating-sln-windows-10-amd/4323
**Category:** Usage
**Created:** [October 22, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-not-generating-sln-windows-10-amd/4323 "2021-10-22T23:20:11Z")
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### Author:  [@Zed](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/Zed)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-not-generating-sln-windows-10-amd/4323/1 "2021-10-22T23:20:11Z")
HI all-
I run my small script to feed cmake from visual studio command prompt 2019. I run the script from a build directory located inside the folder path c:\soci-master. This worked before but the -A is new to me. Please help if you see something below that isn’t quite right!
thanks.
> cmake -G “Visual Studio 16 2019” -A X64 -DSOCI\_CXX11=ON -DWITH\_BOOST=OFF -DWITH\_ORACLE=OFF -DWITH\_DB2=OFF -DWITH\_MYSQL=OFF -DWITH\_ODBC=OFF -DWITH\_POSTGRESQL=OFF -DWITH\_SQLITE3=OFF -DWITH\_FIREBIRD=ON -DFIREBIRD\_INCLUDE\_DIR=“C:/Program Files/Firebird/Firebird\_4\_0/include” -DFIREBIRD\_LIBRARIES=“C:/Program Files/Firebird/Firebird\_4\_0/lib/fbclient\_ms.lib” -DSOCI\_FIREBIRD\_TEST\_CONNSTR:STRING=“service=localhost:/Program Files/firebird/firebird\_4\_0/examples/empbuild/EMPLOYEE.FBD user=SYSDBA password=rayreddington” c:\soci-master
I tried -A AMD and still no luck.
> c:\soci-master\build\>cmake -G “Visual Studio 16 2019” -A AMD -DSOCI\_CXX11=ON -DWITH\_BOOST=OFF -DWITH\_ORACLE=OFF -DWITH\_DB2=OFF -DWITH\_MYSQL=OFF -DWITH\_ODBC=OFF -DWITH\_POSTGRESQL=OFF -DWITH\_SQLITE3=OFF -DWITH\_FIREBIRD=ON -DFIREBIRD\_INCLUDE\_DIR=“C:/Program Files/Firebird/Firebird\_4\_0/include” -DFIREBIRD\_LIBRARIES=“C:/Program Files/Firebird/Firebird\_4\_0/lib/fbclient\_ms.lib” -DSOCI\_FIREBIRD\_TEST\_CONNSTR:STRING=“service=localhost:/Program Files/firebird/firebird\_4\_0/examples/empbuild/EMPLOYEE.FBD user=SYSDBA password=rayreddington” c:\soci-master
CMake Deprecation Warning at CMakeLists.txt:13 (cmake\_minimum\_required):
Compatibility with CMake \< 2.8.12 will be removed from a future version of
CMake.
Update the VERSION argument value or use a … suffix to tell
CMake that the project does not need compatibility with older versions.
– Selecting Windows SDK version 10.0.19041.0 to target Windows 10.0.19043.
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:15 (project):
Failed to run MSBuild command:
```
C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2019/Community/MSBuild/Current/Bin/MSBuild.exe
```
to get the value of VCTargetsPath:
```
Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 16.11.0+0538acc04 for .NET Framework
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Build started 10/22/2021 6:58:00 PM.
Project "C:\soci-master\build\CMakeFiles\3.20.6\VCTargetsPath.vcxproj" on node 1 (default targets).
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin\Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(820,5): error : The BaseOutputPath/OutputPath property is not set for project 'VCTargetsPath.vcxproj'. Please check to make sure that you have specified a valid combination of Configuration and Platform for this project. Configuration='Debug' Platform='AMD'. You may be seeing this message because you are trying to build a project without a solution file, and have specified a non-default Configuration or Platform that doesn't exist for this project. [C:\soci-master\build\CMakeFiles\3.20.6\VCTargetsPath.vcxproj]
Done Building Project "C:\soci-master\build\CMakeFiles\3.20.6\VCTargetsPath.vcxproj" (default targets) -- FAILED.
Build FAILED.
"C:\soci-master\build\CMakeFiles\3.20.6\VCTargetsPath.vcxproj" (default target) (1) ->
(_CheckForInvalidConfigurationAndPlatform target) ->
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin\Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(820,5): error : The BaseOutputPath/OutputPath property is not set for project 'VCTargetsPath.vcxproj'. Please check to make sure that you have specified a valid combination of Configuration and Platform for this project. Configuration='Debug' Platform='AMD'. You may be seeing this message because you are trying to build a project without a solution file, and have specified a non-default Configuration or Platform that doesn't exist for this project. [C:\soci-master\build\CMakeFiles\3.20.6\VCTargetsPath.vcxproj]
0 Warning(s)
1 Error(s)
Time Elapsed 00:00:00.20
```
Exit code: 1
– Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also “C:/soci-master/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log”.
The system is: Windows - 10.0.19043 - AMD64
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### Author:  [@marc.chevrier](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/marc.chevrier)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-not-generating-sln-windows-10-amd/4323/2 "2021-10-23T15:41:16Z")
Option `-A` expects values `x64` or `Win32` for intel architecture (regardless of company: `intel` or `AMD`) respectively for `64bit` and `32bit` (see [Visual Studio Generator, Platform Selection](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/generator/Visual%20Studio%2016%202019.html)).
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### Author:  [@Zed](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/Zed)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-not-generating-sln-windows-10-amd/4323/3 "2021-10-23T18:18:15Z")
Hi -
Thanks for getting back to me. That tip helped a lot. Turns out my firewall likes to block everything. I had to bludgeon it to death to give me control of what I am trying to work on.
This says it all: “Build succeeded”.
thanks!