[problem description]

Qt5.9.11 is installed on windows10, and the compilation error is: error: lnk1158: unable to run “RC. Exe”

[problem location]

The path of rc.exe is not put into the environment variable

[solution]

Add the path “C:\program files (x86)\windows kits\8.1\bin\x86” to the environment variable path.

Restart qtcreator and the compilation is successful.