# error when installing VTK with VS 2019

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/error-when-installing-vtk-with-vs-2019/9561
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 11, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/error-when-installing-vtk-with-vs-2019/9561 "2022-10-11T02:41:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![vromero59](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/b5a626/32.png) [@vromero59](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/vromero59)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/error-when-installing-vtk-with-vs-2019/9561/1 "2022-10-11T02:41:56Z")

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I am using Visual Studio 2019 to compile VTK. When I compile INSTALL, I got the messake MSB3073.  
How I can correct this error?

The complete message is as follows:

```auto
266>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(155,5): error MSB3073: El comando "setlocal

266>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(155,5): error MSB3073: "C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -DBUILD_TYPE=Debug -P cmake_install.cmake

266>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(155,5): error MSB3073: if %errorlevel% neq 0 goto :cmEnd

266>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(155,5): error MSB3073: :cmEnd

266>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(155,5): error MSB3073: endlocal & call :cmErrorLevel %errorlevel% & goto :cmDone

266>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(155,5): error MSB3073: :cmErrorLevel

266>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(155,5): error MSB3073: exit /b %1

266>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(155,5): error MSB3073: :cmDone

266>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(155,5): error MSB3073: if %errorlevel% neq 0 goto :VCEnd

266>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(155,5): error MSB3073: :VCEnd" salió con el código 1.

266>Compilación del proyecto "INSTALL.vcxproj" terminada -- ERROR.

========== Recompilar todo: 265 correctos, 1 incorrectos, 0 omitidos ==========

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/mwestphal/32/19_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2022, 2:57am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/error-when-installing-vtk-with-vs-2019/9561/2 "2022-10-11T02:57:31Z")

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Duplicate of [About installing VTK in Windows](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/about-installing-vtk-in-windows/9554)

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/mwestphal/32/19_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2022, 2:57am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/error-when-installing-vtk-with-vs-2019/9561/3 "2022-10-11T02:57:34Z")

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