Some notes about building MySQL with VC++ - After bulding all projects, you get the files in the following directories: Directory Content lib_debug Debug libraries lib_release Release libraries lib_classic Embedded server libraries for classic lib_pro Embedded server libraries for pro client_debug Debug executables client_release Client release client_classic Commerical binaries (classic) client_pro Commerical binaries (unique for pro version) include Include files The copy_mysql_files.bat script can be used to copy the generated files to c:\mysql