vcvarsall.bat no 64bit support vcvars64.bat missing

I downloaded Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Express. When I try to run vcvarsall.bat with the amd64 option it fails with the following message;

D:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC>vcvarsall amd64
The specified configuration type is missing. The tools for the
configuration might not be installed.

How can I get this to work the way it's supposed to?



Rich

Hating Microsoft since 1985

The batch file to set the environment parameters to compile for 64 bit is contained in the Windows SDK.

After installing the Windows SDK use the following call
CALL "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1\Bin\SetEnv.cmd" /x64

Or create file
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\vc\bin\amd64\vcvars64bat
with the line above.