title: Error compiling Visual Studio C++ project - error with cl.exe
body: <p>I'm running Visual Studio 2005 Pro, and have been getting the following error recently:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Error 1 Error result -1 returned from 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\cl.exe'.
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  <p>Reading some of the other posts around here, I've learned that cl.exe is native to VS 2008.  I do have an install of 2008 Express (but C# only), and recently I uninstalled VS 2010 Express.  <strike>Could there be some sort of leftover compatibility issue going on here for me?</strike></p>
  
  <p><strong>edit</strong>
  Ok, let's go with it isn't a compatibility issue.  Any thoughts on how to fix the error?</p>