Does Visual C++ 2010 Express include an x64 compiler?

Question

I have just downloaded and installed the VC++ 2010 Express tool from Microsoft.

I don't see an amd64 directory under c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\bin

In my old install of VC++ 2008 Express, there was an amd64 compiler, available in c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\bin\amd64\cl.exe

Does the 2010 VC++ Express include an x64 or amd64 compiler?

Answer 1

No, but you can install the Platform SDK and switch the solution's SDK to Windows71 (instead of v100) to get x64 compilation working for free. The command-line compiler is only in the SDK.