MSVC

Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio
Use the Microsoft C++ toolset from the command line
Set the Path and Environment Variables for Command-Line Builds
Walkthrough: Compiling a Native C++ Program on the Command Line

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Visual Studio 2019\Visual Studio Tools\VC

Developer Command Prompt for VS 2019
x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2019
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools>cl
Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 19.25.28614 for x64
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

usage: cl [ option... ] filename... [ /link linkoption... ]
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools>msbuild
Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 16.5.0+d4cbfca49 for .NET Framework
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

MSBUILD : error MSB1003: Specify a project or solution file. The current working directory does not contain a project or solution file.

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What are .sln and .vcproj files, and what do they contain?
Project and Solution Files

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