https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/5512 <p> hi, </p> <p> My OS is windows XP. i installed VS 2008 ,VS90SP1-KB957912-x86.exe ,VS90SP1-KB960075-v2-x86.exe,VS90SP1-KB967631-x86.exe,VS90SP1-KB971092-x86.exe,VS90sp1-KB945140-ENU.exe and then installed windows7 sdk. </p> <p> but when i try to build boost library , then error came like this : jam0.exe is not a valid win32 application </p> <p> bjam.log file </p> <p> ### ### Using 'vc9' toolset. ### </p> <p> E:\boost\boost_1_44_0\tools\jam\src&gt;if exist bootstrap rd /S /Q bootstrap </p> <p> E:\boost\boost_1_44_0\tools\jam\src&gt;md bootstrap </p> <p> E:\boost\boost_1_44_0\tools\jam\src&gt;cl /nologo /RTC1 /Zi /MTd /Fobootstrap/ /Fdbootstrap/ -DNT -DYYDEBUG -wd4996 kernel32.lib advapi32.lib user32.lib /Febootstrap\jam0 command.c compile.c debug.c execnt.c expand.c filent.c glob.c hash.c hdrmacro.c headers.c jam.c jambase.c jamgram.c lists.c make.c make1.c newstr.c option.c output.c parse.c pathunix.c regexp.c rules.c scan.c search.c subst.c timestamp.c variable.c modules.c strings.c filesys.c builtins.c md5.c pwd.c class.c w32_getreg.c native.c modules/set.c modules/path.c modules/regex.c modules/property-set.c modules/sequence.c modules/order.c command.c compile.c debug.c execnt.c expand.c filent.c glob.c hash.c hdrmacro.c headers.c jam.c jambase.c jamgram.c lists.c make.c make1.c newstr.c option.c output.c parse.c Generating Code... Compiling... pathunix.c regexp.c rules.c scan.c search.c subst.c timestamp.c variable.c modules.c strings.c filesys.c builtins.c md5.c pwd.c class.c w32_getreg.c native.c set.c path.c regex.c Generating Code... Compiling... property-set.c sequence.c order.c Generating Code... </p> <p> E:\boost\boost_1_44_0\tools\jam\src&gt;.\bootstrap\jam0 -f build.jam --toolset=vc9 "--toolset-root=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\Tools\..\..\VC\ " clean </p> <p> E:\boost\boost_1_44_0\tools\jam\src&gt;.\bootstrap\jam0 -f build.jam --toolset=vc9 "--toolset-root=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\Tools\..\..\VC\ " </p> en-us /htdocs/site/boost.png https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/5512 Trac 1.4.3 anonymous Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:11:21 GMT https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/5512 https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/5512 <ul> <li><strong>attachment</strong> → <span class="trac-field-new">bjam.log</span> </li> </ul> Ticket