:: To build extensions for 64 bit Python 3, we need to configure environment :: variables to use the MSVC 2010 C++ compilers from GRMSDKX_EN_DVD.iso of: :: MS Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4 (SDK v7.1) :: :: To build extensions for 64 bit Python 2, we need to configure environment :: variables to use the MSVC 2008 C++ compilers from GRMSDKX_EN_DVD.iso of: :: MS Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 (SDK v7.0) :: :: 32 bit builds, and 64-bit builds for 3.5 and beyond, do not require specific :: environment configurations. :: :: Note: this script needs to be run with the /E:ON and /V:ON flags for the :: cmd interpreter, at least for (SDK v7.0) :: :: More details at: :: https://github.com/cython/cython/wiki/64BitCythonExtensionsOnWindows :: http://stackoverflow.com/a/13751649/163740 :: :: Author: Olivier Grisel :: License: CC0 1.0 Universal: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ :: :: Notes about batch files for Python people: :: :: Quotes in values are literally part of the values: :: SET FOO="bar" :: FOO is now five characters long: " b a r " :: If you don't want quotes, don't include them on the right-hand side. :: :: The CALL lines at the end of this file look redundant, but if you move them :: outside of the IF clauses, they do not run properly in the SET_SDK_64==Y :: case, I don't know why. @ECHO OFF SET COMMAND_TO_RUN=%* SET WIN_SDK_ROOT=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows SET WIN_WDK=c:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\wdf :: Extract the major and minor versions, and allow for the minor version to be :: more than 9. This requires the version number to have two dots in it. SET MAJOR_PYTHON_VERSION=%PYTHON_VERSION:~0,1% IF "%PYTHON_VERSION:~3,1%" == "." ( SET MINOR_PYTHON_VERSION=%PYTHON_VERSION:~2,1% ) ELSE ( SET MINOR_PYTHON_VERSION=%PYTHON_VERSION:~2,2% ) :: Based on the Python version, determine what SDK version to use, and whether :: to set the SDK for 64-bit. IF %MAJOR_PYTHON_VERSION% == 2 ( SET WINDOWS_SDK_VERSION="v7.0" SET SET_SDK_64=Y ) ELSE ( IF %MAJOR_PYTHON_VERSION% == 3 ( SET WINDOWS_SDK_VERSION="v7.1" IF %MINOR_PYTHON_VERSION% LEQ 4 ( SET SET_SDK_64=Y ) ELSE ( SET SET_SDK_64=N IF EXIST "%WIN_WDK%" ( :: See: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/1610302/ REN "%WIN_WDK%" 0wdf ) ) ) ELSE ( ECHO Unsupported Python version: "%MAJOR_PYTHON_VERSION%" EXIT 1 ) ) IF %PYTHON_ARCH% == 64 ( IF %SET_SDK_64% == Y ( ECHO Configuring Windows SDK %WINDOWS_SDK_VERSION% for Python %MAJOR_PYTHON_VERSION% on a 64 bit architecture SET DISTUTILS_USE_SDK=1 SET MSSdk=1 "%WIN_SDK_ROOT%\%WINDOWS_SDK_VERSION%\Setup\WindowsSdkVer.exe" -q -version:%WINDOWS_SDK_VERSION% "%WIN_SDK_ROOT%\%WINDOWS_SDK_VERSION%\Bin\SetEnv.cmd" /x64 /release ECHO Executing: %COMMAND_TO_RUN% call %COMMAND_TO_RUN% || EXIT 1 ) ELSE ( ECHO Using default MSVC build environment for 64 bit architecture ECHO Executing: %COMMAND_TO_RUN% call %COMMAND_TO_RUN% || EXIT 1 ) ) ELSE ( ECHO Using default MSVC build environment for 32 bit architecture ECHO Executing: %COMMAND_TO_RUN% call %COMMAND_TO_RUN% || EXIT 1 )