How do I set a path in Visual Studio

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How do I set a path for DLL files to be searched in Visual Studio for a particular project alone   Now I am setting it in the environment path variable  but I would like better control over this

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You have a couple of options    You can add the path to the DLLs to the Executable files settings under Tools   Options   Projects and Solutions   VC   Directories  but only for building  for executing or debugging here  You can add them in your global PATH environment variable You can start Visual Studio using a batch file as I described here and manipulate the path in that one You can copy the DLLs into the executable file s directory  -

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None of the answers solved exactly my problem  the solution file I was running was trying to find xcopy to copy a dll after generation     What solved it for me was going into menu  Project -  Properties   Then in the window that opens choosing on the left pane   Configuration Properties -  VC   Directories   On the right pane under  General  choosing  Executable Directories    And then adding      SystemRoot  system32   SystemRoot    SystemRoot  System32 Wbem   SystemRoot  System32 WindowsPowerShell v1 0    ExecutablePath

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Set the PATH variable  like you re doing   If you re running the program from the IDE  you can modify environment variables by adjusting the Debugging options in the project properties   If the DLLs are named such that you don t need different paths for the different configuration types  you can add the path to the system PATH variable or to Visual Studio s global one in Tools   Options

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None of the answers solved exactly my problem  the solution file I was running was trying to find xcopy to copy a dll after generation     What solved it for me was going into menu  Project -  Properties   Then in the window that opens choosing on the left pane   Configuration Properties -  VC   Directories   On the right pane under  General  choosing  Executable Directories    And then adding      SystemRoot  system32   SystemRoot    SystemRoot  System32 Wbem   SystemRoot  System32 WindowsPowerShell v1 0    ExecutablePath

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Set the PATH variable  like you re doing   If you re running the program from the IDE  you can modify environment variables by adjusting the Debugging options in the project properties   If the DLLs are named such that you don t need different paths for the different configuration types  you can add the path to the system PATH variable or to Visual Studio s global one in Tools   Options

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Search MSDN for  How to  Set Environment Variables for Projects     It s Project Properties Configuration Properties Debugging  Environment  and  Merge Environment  properties for those who are in a rush    The syntax is NAME VALUE and macros can be used  for example    OutDir     For example  to prepend C  Windows Temp to the PATH   PATH C  WINDOWS Temp  PATH    Similarly  to append   TargetDir  DLLS to the PATH   PATH  PATH    TargetDir  DLLS

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Set the PATH variable  like you re doing   If you re running the program from the IDE  you can modify environment variables by adjusting the Debugging options in the project properties   If the DLLs are named such that you don t need different paths for the different configuration types  you can add the path to the system PATH variable or to Visual Studio s global one in Tools   Options

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If you only need to add one path per configuration  debug release   you could set the debug command working directory      Project   Properties   Select Configuration   Configuration Properties     Debugging   Working directory   Repeat for each project configuration

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Set the PATH variable  like you re doing   If you re running the program from the IDE  you can modify environment variables by adjusting the Debugging options in the project properties   If the DLLs are named such that you don t need different paths for the different configuration types  you can add the path to the system PATH variable or to Visual Studio s global one in Tools   Options

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Search MSDN for  How to  Set Environment Variables for Projects     It s Project Properties Configuration Properties Debugging  Environment  and  Merge Environment  properties for those who are in a rush    The syntax is NAME VALUE and macros can be used  for example    OutDir     For example  to prepend C  Windows Temp to the PATH   PATH C  WINDOWS Temp  PATH    Similarly  to append   TargetDir  DLLS to the PATH   PATH  PATH    TargetDir  DLLS

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If you only need to add one path per configuration  debug release   you could set the debug command working directory      Project   Properties   Select Configuration   Configuration Properties     Debugging   Working directory   Repeat for each project configuration

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