# New VTK build on windows - doesnt build anything

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/new-vtk-build-on-windows-doesnt-build-anything/1798
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 23, 2019, 1:52am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/new-vtk-build-on-windows-doesnt-build-anything/1798 "2019-09-23T01:52:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![jep\_crain](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/jep_crain/32/907_2.png) [@jep\_crain](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/jep_crain)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2019, 1:52am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/new-vtk-build-on-windows-doesnt-build-anything/1798/1 "2019-09-23T01:52:48Z")

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Followed instructions here:  
[https://vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Building/Windows](https://vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Building/Windows)

I am using Visual Studio 2019.

CMake 3.15.3

CMake “configures” and “generates”.

Produces a VTK.sln

Load VTK.sln into VS19 - issue build.

Get nothing.

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### Author: ![jep\_crain](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/jep_crain/32/907_2.png) [@jep\_crain](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/jep_crain)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/new-vtk-build-on-windows-doesnt-build-anything/1798/2 "2019-09-26T14:12:01Z")

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The problem was with CMake.

I tried to use C:[UTILITIES] as my root install directory.

Evidently CMake cannot handle Brackets “[” in file paths.

Go figure!