Issue with dmd, linker, visualD on windows 10

[rikki cattermole via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On 15/12/2016 12:06 AM, aberba wrote:
> I am trying to get a fellow to try D but just setting up on windows 10
> has been headache. He's currently remote. Here's the problem. (Note I'm
> a Linux user and haven't used windows 10)
>
>
> 1. He installed dmd 2 but the command "dmd" is not recognized. He
> confirmed and c:\D\dmd2\windows\bin is in system path. Why?

Environment variables don't auto update in Windows.
Gotta logout/restart explorer/restart or even create a new terminal 
instance with no parent processes.

> 2. He installed visual studio 2015 and visualD(pointed it to dmd
> location during installation), restarted visual studio. Without creating
> a visualD project, "compile and run" does nothing when he clicks. We
> haven't tried creating a project though, just using a D file with simple
> "Hello, world!" code. Syntax highlighting work though.
>
> 3. He navigated to ...dmd2\windows\bin where "dmd" command works. But
> "dmd -run file.d" says Oplink error, linker exited with code ...


File please oh and output during the running of dmd including of the linker.