Fatal errors rebuilding 3.5 from Visual Studio Windows 8.1 64 bit

[BreamoreBoy]

BPO	23449
Nosy	@tjguk, @zware, @zooba, @iritkatriel

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2021-11-05.19:47:06.452>
created_at = <Date 2015-02-11.23:11:09.176>
labels = ['build', 'OS-windows']
title = 'Fatal errors rebuilding 3.5 from Visual Studio Windows 8.1 64 bit'
updated_at = <Date 2021-11-05.19:47:06.451>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/BreamoreBoy'

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actor = 'iritkatriel'
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closed_date = <Date 2021-11-05.19:47:06.452>
closer = 'iritkatriel'
components = ['Build', 'Windows']
creation = <Date 2015-02-11.23:11:09.176>
creator = 'BreamoreBoy'
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issue_num = 23449
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'out of date'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'compile error'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue23449'
versions = ['Python 3.5']

[BreamoreBoy]

If I select "Rebuild Solution" I get this:-

error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'tcl.h': No such file or directory C:\cpython\Modules\_tkinter.c
error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'tcl.h': No such file or directory C:\cpython\Modules\tkappinit.c

I'm assuming that this should never happen.

[BreamoreBoy]

Using Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop.

[zooba]

Have you previously run build.bat -e from the command line? That's the best way to make sure you're ready to work inside VS.

(And technically it's allowed to happen, since VS 2013 is not supported and our build can do whatever it likes :) But it should work, so let's figure out why it isn't.)

[BreamoreBoy]

I've run "build.bat -e" for all four combinations of release and debug with 32 or 64 bit with no problems. Go back to VS and all four combinations fail with this problem.

[iritkatriel]

Seems out of date. I will close if nobody objects.