From the trenches

Scenario: 

I'm teaching a small class on C# fundamentals and while preparing a sample ran into the error below.  I was trying to run CSC.exe to compile CSharp code from the command line. 

Error:

Invalid search path 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\lib' specified in 'LIB environement variable' -- 'The system cannot find the path specified.' 

Description of the problem:

In my case, the lib folder did not exist and the compiler was trying to reference it.  Searching around online showed a few ways to fix it.  Here's the one that worked for me:

Fix:

1. Using Windows explorer, navigate to C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A

2. Create a new "lib" folder

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