.. code:: cmd >c: >cd \root_\development >dir . .. builds [E:\temporary_data\development\builds] projects [E:\projects] >cd \root_\development\builds\my_project >call "\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" amd64 >set ROOT_=E:\develop\tools\Qt\Qt set PATH=%ROOT_%\5.12.7\msvc2017_64\bin;%PATH% set PATH=%ROOT_%\Tools\QtCreator\bin;%PATH% set ROOT_= >qmake \root_\development\projects\my_project\my_project.pro "CONFIG+=debug" Info: creating stash file C:\root_\development\builds\my_project\.qmake.stash WARNING: E:/projects/my_project/main.cpp conflicts with E:/../../projects/my_project/main.cpp WARNING: Automatically turning off nmake's inference rules. (CONFIG += no_batch) WARNING: E:/projects/my_project/main.cpp conflicts with E:/../../projects/my_project/main.cpp WARNING: Automatically turning off nmake's inference rules. (CONFIG += no_batch) >dir . .. 1,054 .qmake.stash 34,492 Makefile 19,188 Makefile.Debug 19,076 Makefile.Release >jom >cd \root_\development >dir . .. builds [E:\temporary_data\development\builds] projects [E:\projects] temporary_data >cd \root_\development\temporary_data\development\builds\my_project >dir . .. debug release >cd \root_\development\builds\my_project >jom Error: dependent '..\..\..\..\projects\my_project\my_project.pro' does not exist.