Trying to build from source on Windows (was:help with freecad build)

[michav]

Hello Freecad forum community,
I am tryin to build Freecad from source
I have been using https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Compile_on_Windows as a reference and recently ran into an unexpected problem.


I have successfully configured using CMake
I opened FreeCAD.sln in MSVS
I ran a build process on ALL_BUILD and completed successfully

Now I am unsure how to go forwared,
I expected that I could simply go into the build file, into bin and find a freecad.exe to run but its not there.

what is the next step? how do I open the newly built freecad from the build file
thanks!

[kisolre]

I usually build the Install solution after a successful ALL_BUILD build with a custom install folder. I did the LibraryCopy at the beginning as far as I recall to copy the necessary files from the LibPack to the Install folder.

[michav]

I finally got it to work by opening MSVS as administrator.
I guess I didn't have writing privilege's to the bin folder
I feel like an idiot
thanks for your help

[Kunda1]

Please edit the first post summary and prepend [SOLVED] to it. Thanks.