Build both 32 and 64 bit at the same time using Visual Studio

Question

I have an application that works really well in 64 bit architectures, but not quite so well in 32 bit architectures. However, we want to be able to support both architectures.

I am aware of the "Any CPU" option, but we actually want two versions of the software that are explicitly 32 or 64 bit.

I can set the properties to 32 bit, build it, copy the files out of the bin/debug folder and then repeat with 64 bit, but this is a real bore every time we build the application and have to send out both versions to QA.

Is there a way that we can get Visual Studio to automatically build both 32 and 64 bit into two separate folders?

Answer 1

You can use the Build → Batch Build option of Visual Studio: