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I was following this (https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/build_msvc/README.md) documentation to install Bitcoin core on Windows 10. I have successfully configured Bitcoin core with Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 without the involvement of Qt. Now, I want to configure Bitcoin core with Qt for the graphical interface. I followed these steps to install Qt as given in the documentation.

cd C:\dev\qt-source

mkdir build

cd build

..\configure -release -silent -opensource -confirm-license -opengl desktop -static -static-runtime -mp -qt-zlib -qt-pcre -qt-libpng -nomake examples -nomake tests -nomake tools -no-angle -no-dbus -no-gif -no-gtk -no-ico -no-icu -no-libjpeg -no-libudev -no-sql-sqlite -no-sql-odbc -no-sqlite -no-vulkan -skip qt3d -skip qtactiveqt -skip qtandroidextras -skip qtcharts -skip qtconnectivity -skip qtdatavis3d -skip qtdeclarative -skip doc -skip qtdoc -skip qtgamepad -skip qtgraphicaleffects -skip qtimageformats -skip qtlocation -skip qtlottie -skip qtmacextras -skip qtmultimedia -skip qtnetworkauth -skip qtpurchasing -skip qtquick3d -skip qtquickcontrols -skip qtquickcontrols2 -skip qtquicktimeline -skip qtremoteobjects -skip qtscript -skip qtscxml -skip qtsensors -skip qtserialbus -skip qtserialport -skip qtspeech -skip qtsvg -skip qtvirtualkeyboard -skip qtwayland -skip qtwebchannel -skip qtwebengine -skip qtwebglplugin -skip qtwebsockets -skip qtwebview -skip qtx11extras -skip qtxmlpatterns -no-openssl -no-feature-bearermanagement -no-feature-printdialog -no-feature-printer -no-feature-printpreviewdialog -no-feature-printpreviewwidget -no-feature-sql -no-feature-sqlmodel -no-feature-textbrowser -no-feature-textmarkdownwriter -no-feature-textodfwriter -no-feature-xml -prefix C:\Qt_static

After this step, it gave the following message :

Qt is now configured for building. Just run 'nmake'.
Once everything is built, you must run 'nmake install'.
Qt will be installed into 'C:\Qt_static'.

After that, when I run nmake, I get this error :

NMAKE : fatal error U1095: expanded command line 'echo moc C:\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2\qtbase\src\opengl\gl2paintengineex\qglengineshadermanager_p.h && C:\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2\build\qtbase\bin\moc.exe -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32 -D_ENABLE_EXTENDED_ALIGNED_STORAGE -DWIN64 -DQT_NO_LINKED_LIST -DQT_NO_JAVA_STYLE_ITERATORS -DQT_NO_USING_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_FOREACH -DQT_NO_NARROWING_CONVERSIONS_IN_CONNECT -DQT_BUILD_OPENGL_LIB -DQT_BUILDING_QT -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS -D_USE_MATH_DEFINES -DQT_NO_CAST_TO_ASCII -DQT_ASCII_CAST_WARNINGS -DQT_MOC_COMPAT -DQT_USE_QSTRINGBUILDER -DQT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS -DQT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x040800 -DQT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS_SINCE=0x060000 -DNDEBUG -DQT_NO_EXCEPTIONS -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_WIDGETS_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB --compiler-flavor=msvc --include C:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/build/qtbase/src/opengl/.moc/release/moc_predefs.h -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qtbase/mkspecs/win32-msvc -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qtbase/src/opengl -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qtbase/include -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qtbase/include/QtOpenGL -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/build/qtbase/include -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/build/qtbase/include/QtOpenGL -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qtbase/include/QtOpenGL/5.15.2 -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qtbase/include/QtOpenGL/5.15.2/QtOpenGL -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qtbase/src/opengl/tmp -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/build/qtbase/src/opengl/.tracegen/release -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qtbase/include/QtWidgets/5.15.2 -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qtbase/include/QtWidgets/5.15.2/QtWidgets -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/build/qtbase/include/QtWidgets/5.15.2 -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/build/qtbase/include/QtWidgets/5.15.2/QtWidgets -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qtbase/include/QtGui/5.15.2 -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qtbase/include/QtGui/5.15.2/QtGui -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/build/qtbase/include/QtGui/5.15.2 -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/build/qtbase/include/QtGui/5.15.2/QtGui -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qtbase/include/QtCore/5.15.2 -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qtbase/include/QtCore/5.15.2/QtCore -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/build/qtbase/include/QtCore/5.15.2 -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/build/qtbase/include/QtCore/5.15.2/QtCore -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qtbase/include/QtWidgets -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/build/qtbase/include/QtWidgets -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qtbase/include/QtGui -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/build/qtbase/include/QtGui -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qtbase/include/QtCore -IC:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/build/qtbase/include/QtCore -I. -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30037\ATLMFC\include" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30037\include" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\NETFXSDK\4.8\include\um" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.19041.0\ucrt" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.19041.0\shared" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.19041.0\um" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.19041.0\winrt" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.19041.0\cppwinrt" C:\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2\qtbase\src\opengl\gl2paintengineex\qglengineshadermanager_p.h -o .moc\release\moc_qglengineshadermanager_p.cpp' too long
Stop.

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30037\bin\HostX64\x64\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cd' : return code '0x2'
Stop.

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cd' : return code '0x2'
Stop.

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cd' : return code '0x2'
Stop.

Can someone please help me with this?

Thanks in advance

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    Building QT using Visual Studio requires lot of workaround. There are only a few people who use this and can answer but I would suggest using WSL to build for Windows as its easier and will save time.
    – user103136
    Jan 27, 2022 at 12:36

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`NMAKE : fatal error U1095: expanded command line [...] too long

The problem reported is that the command line is too long. This is because of the location of your resources.

Shorter path

One thing you perhaps could try is to move them all to a shorter path.

Drive letter

Maybe even to a virtual drive letter so that each long path C:/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/qt-everywhere-src-5.15.2/build/qtbase/src/opengl/.moc/release/ becomes a short path S: say.

Symbolic link

You might just be able to add symbolic links that allow a shorter command line to be constructed.

Better shell

Alternatively find a Windows command shell or "make" that can handle long lines -- assuming one exists.

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