problems installing Qt opensource with msvc2008 support

i have visual studio 2008 and i was following this tutorial, which seems quite good:

http://ntessore.blog.uni-heidelberg....dio-2005-2008/

but i have tried so many times and always the same, it starts ok, they ask me about the license i say yes, then it starts to install itself, but then it starts to get errors that start saying Could not Find **** and i will start to see a lot of paths to several files, it goes to several fatal errors and says that "building qmake failed, return error 2" and nothing happends is there anything i can do to install it?

Please post the first error messages which occur.

the error is the following, it goes after the list of yes and no or the things to be installed

Quote:

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Creating qmake...

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 9.00.21022.08
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

cl -c -Foproject.obj -W3 -nologo -O2 -I. -Igenerators -Igenerators\uni
x -Igenerators\win32 -Igenerators\mac -IC:\Private_Server\Qt\include -IC:\Priva
te_Server\Qt\include\QtCore -IC:\Private_Server\Qt\include -IC:\Private_Server\
Qt\include\QtCore -IC:\Private_Server\Qt\src\corelib\global -IC:\Private_Serve
r\Qt\include\QtScript -IC:\Private_Server\Qt\mkspecs\win32-msvc2008 -DQT_NO_T
EXTCODEC -DQT_NO_UNICODETABLES -DQT_LITE_COMPONENT -DQT_NODLL -DQT_NO_STL -DQT_
NO_COMPRESS -DUNICODE -DHAVE_QCONFIG_CPP -DQT_BUILD_QMAKE -DQT_NO_THREAD -DQT_N
O_QOBJECT -DQT_NO_GEOM_VARIANT -DQT_NO_DATASTREAM -DQT_NO_PCRE -DQT_BOOTSTRAPPED
-DQMAKE_OPENSOURCE_EDITION project.cpp
project.cpp
project.cpp(62) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'Windows.h': No s
uch file or directory
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN
\cl.EXE"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 9.00.21022.08
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

del qbitarray.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qbitarray.obj
del qbuffer.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qbuffer.obj
del qcryptographichash.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qcryptographichash.obj
del qlinkedlist.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qlinkedlist.obj
del qfsfileengine.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qfsfileengine.obj
del qfsfileengine_iterator.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qfsfileengine_iterator. obj
del qbytearray.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qbytearray.obj
del qvsnprintf.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qvsnprintf.obj
del qbytearraymatcher.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qbytearraymatcher.obj
del qdatetime.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qdatetime.obj
del qdir.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qdir.obj
del qdiriterator.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qdiriterator.obj
del qfile.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qfile.obj
del qtemporaryfile.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qtemporaryfile.obj
del qabstractfileengine.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qabstractfileengine.obj
del qfsfileengine_win.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qfsfileengine_win.obj
del qfsfileengine_iterator_win.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qfsfileengine_iterator_ win.obj
del qfileinfo.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qfileinfo.obj
del qglobal.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qglobal.obj
del qhash.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qhash.obj
del qiodevice.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qiodevice.obj
del qlistdata.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qlistdata.obj
del qlocale.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qlocale.obj
del qmalloc.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qmalloc.obj
del qmap.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qmap.obj
del qregexp.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qregexp.obj
del qstring.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qstring.obj
del qstringlist.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qstringlist.obj
del qtextstream.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qtextstream.obj
del qdatastream.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qdatastream.obj
del quuid.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\quuid.obj
del qvector.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qvector.obj
del qsettings.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qsettings.obj
del qlibraryinfo.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qlibraryinfo.obj
del qvariant.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qvariant.obj
del qurl.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qurl.obj
del qsettings_win.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qsettings_win.obj
del qmetatype.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qmetatype.obj
del project.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\project.obj
del main.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\main.obj
del makefile.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\makefile.obj
del unixmake.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\unixmake.obj
del unixmake2.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\unixmake2.obj
del mingw_make.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\mingw_make.obj
del option.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\option.obj
del winmakefile.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\winmakefile.obj
del projectgenerator.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\projectgenerator.obj
del property.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\property.obj
del meta.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\meta.obj
del makefiledeps.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\makefiledeps.obj
del metamakefile.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\metamakefile.obj
del xmloutput.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\xmloutput.obj
del borland_bmake.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\borland_bmake.obj
del msvc_nmake.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\msvc_nmake.obj
del msvc_dsp.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\msvc_dsp.obj
del msvc_vcproj.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\msvc_vcproj.obj
del msvc_objectmodel.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\msvc_objectmodel.obj
del pbuilder_pbx.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\pbuilder_pbx.obj
del qnumeric.obj -del qscriptasm.obj -del qscriptast.obj -del qscript
astvisitor.obj -del qscriptcompiler.obj -del qscriptecmaarray.obj -del qscrip
tecmaboolean.obj -del qscriptecmacore.obj -del qscriptecmadate.obj -del qscri
ptecmafunction.obj -del qscriptecmaglobal.obj -del qscriptecmamath.obj -del q
scriptecmanumber.obj -del qscriptecmaobject.obj -del qscriptecmaregexp.obj -d
el qscriptecmastring.obj -del qscriptecmaerror.obj -del qscriptcontext_p.obj
-del qscriptengine.obj -del qscriptengine_p.obj -del qscriptengineagent.obj -
del qscriptextenumeration.obj -del qscriptextvariant.obj -del qscriptcontext.o
bj -del qscriptcontextinfo.obj -del qscriptfunction.obj -del qscriptgrammar.o
bj -del qscriptlexer.obj -del qscriptclassdata.obj -del qscriptparser.obj -d
el qscriptprettypretty.obj -del qscriptsyntaxchecker.obj -del qscriptclass.obj
-del qscriptclasspropertyiterator.obj -del qscriptstring.obj -del qscriptval
ue.obj -del qscriptvalueimpl.obj -del qscriptvalueiterator.obj -del qscriptva
lueiteratorimpl.obj
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qnumeric.obj
del vc60.pdb
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\vc60.pdb
del vc70.pdb
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\vc70.pdb
del qmake.pdb
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qmake.pdb
del qmake.ilk
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qmake.ilk
del qmake.tds
Could Not Find C:\Private_Server\Qt\qmake\qmake.tds

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 9.00.21022.08
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

cl -c -Foproject.obj -W3 -nologo -O2 -I. -Igenerators -Igenerators\uni
x -Igenerators\win32 -Igenerators\mac -IC:\Private_Server\Qt\include -IC:\Priva
te_Server\Qt\include\QtCore -IC:\Private_Server\Qt\include -IC:\Private_Server\
Qt\include\QtCore -IC:\Private_Server\Qt\src\corelib\global -IC:\Private_Serve
r\Qt\include\QtScript -IC:\Private_Server\Qt\mkspecs\win32-msvc2008 -DQT_NO_T
EXTCODEC -DQT_NO_UNICODETABLES -DQT_LITE_COMPONENT -DQT_NODLL -DQT_NO_STL -DQT_
NO_COMPRESS -DUNICODE -DHAVE_QCONFIG_CPP -DQT_BUILD_QMAKE -DQT_NO_THREAD -DQT_N
O_QOBJECT -DQT_NO_GEOM_VARIANT -DQT_NO_DATASTREAM -DQT_NO_PCRE -DQT_BOOTSTRAPPED
-DQMAKE_OPENSOURCE_EDITION project.cpp
project.cpp
project.cpp(62) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'Windows.h': No s
uch file or directory
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN
\cl.EXE"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.
Building qmake failed, return code 2

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If this is with Express:
To me it seems like your MSVC2008 install is bricked. Unlike 2005, the main headers needed for Windows installation (like the Windows.h missing here) come with the compiler.
So if Windows.h is missing, you might either have not launched the Visual Studio Command Prompt (which would be strange, since nmake seems to work), you uninstalled the headers, or may you moved some folders of MSVC around?

ok thanks ill reinstall the msvc2008 and try again

i tried to reinstall the msvc once again and to work from that, but still no luck, is not the express one, but it seems that is the QT that is missing some of the files or something from what i could see from the errors

windows.h is part of the ms toolkit. If it isn't there you have installed something wrong. If it is there you maybe did not execute vsvars32.bat / did not use 'Visual Studio Command prompt'. This has nothing to do with Qt.