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I had to add the following to slicer_variables.tcl '''and''' slicer_variables2.tcl:

 if { [file exists "c:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0/Common7/IDE/VCExpress.exe"] } {
   set ::GENERATOR "Visual Studio 8 2005" 
   set ::MAKE "c:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0/Common7/IDE/VCExpress.exe"
   set ::COMPILER_PATH "c:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0/VC/bin"
 }

This after installing the latest Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition from http://www.microsoft.com/express/download/

I also had to run the vcsetup.exe, then the PSDK installer, then vcsetup.exe a final time before getting a Studio directory.

OK, this is not working.  Going to try with "NMake Makefiles"

Nope.  Doesn't work that way either.

CMake must not be compatible with the latest VCExpress, should be able to download VC++ 2005 [http://www.microsoft.com/express/2005/download/default.aspx here], but it's not cooperating.  Found the old version at: [http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=51410&amp;clcid=0x409 "VC++ 2005 here"]

=== My Case (seems successful) ===
# Download Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition (VC 9) and the PSDK.
# Obtain Slicer3 by svn and run getbuildtest.tcl as written in the instruction. This will fail because the cmake comes with Slicer3-lib_win32.zip is old and does not know about VC 9.
# Remove installed cmake in $SLICER_LIB/CMake-build
# Obtain the latest cmake from [http://www.cmake.org/files/vCVS/ here]. Download .exe version (pre-compiled version) and install onto $SLICER_LIB/CMake-build. (Note: one person had a problem by using cmake build by himself. Using pre-complied one seems safer.)
# Modify slicer_variables.tcl and slicer_variables2.tcl as described above, but "Visual Studio 8 2005" to be replaced by "Visual Studio 9 2008".
# Run getbuildtest.tcl again. Good luck.

(As of Jan 4 2008, I encountered an error in line 45 of Slicer3/Utilities/Launcher/CMakeLists.txt. You can avoid it by replacing "" to ".".)