1) Created a new C++ Win32 project in VS Express.
2) Built the default code in VS Express with no errors, and then saved the solution.
3) Opened the solution in SE, and this is what went thru the build window:
The blank items seem amiss.
set PATH=C:\Program Files\SlickEditV18.0.1 x64\win;C:\Program Files\SlickEditV18.0.1 x64\win\;C:\Program Files\Adaptec\maxView Storage Manager\pegasus\bin;C:\Program Files\Adaptec\maxView Storage Manager\;C:\Program Files\Adaptec\maxView Storage Manager\ssl\bin;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\10.0\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\12.0\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn\
set INCLUDE=
set LIB=
set PATH=C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319;C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v3.5;C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\bin;C:\Program Files\SlickEditV18.0.1 x64\win;C:\Program Files\SlickEditV18.0.1 x64\win\;C:\Program Files\Adaptec\maxView Storage Manager\pegasus\bin;C:\Program Files\Adaptec\maxView Storage Manager\;C:\Program Files\Adaptec\maxView Storage Manager\ssl\bin;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\10.0\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\12.0\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn\
set DEVENVDIR=
set MSVCDIR=
set INCLUDE=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\INCLUDE;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\INCLUDE;
set LIB=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\LIB;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\LIB;
set VSINSTALLDIR=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0
set VCINSTALLDIR=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC