Hi, I am very new to this mailing list. I tried to search the archive, but I did not find the answer... So far, I do use only BOOST_FOREACH and regex from the boost in our application. However, I am planning to extend the usage. My question is how to use the bjam correctly to compile a module for Microsoft Windows using the VC++ 9 (Visual Studio 2008)? My boost bakground... My previous experience is only with compilation of the regex. However, there are makefiles prepared for compilation by the Visual Studio C++ versions (like vc9.mak). It seems to me that bjam is prefered, and should be used whenever possible. I did download the boost_1_46_1.zip and unzipped it to d:usrboost_1_46_1 directory. Then I have followed the advice from somwhere in the doc and launched the d:usrboost_1_46_1bootstrap.bat The compilation went successfully and the d:usrboost_1_46_1bjam.exe appeared there. I did move it to the d:usrbin -- that directory is in my path. Now, I would like to know how and from where I should launch the bjam.exe to obtain the compiled libraries. Actually, I did some moves and I got some libs; however, I would like to better understand what I am doing. For example, I did compile the regex. But the libraries had the _1_46_1 in the name while the linker later expected to find only _1_46 in the name. I am afraid I do not understand more details. I tried some tutorials, but they are or too focused on something or too general (too much info). Please, can you focus on what exactly should be done for the program_options and for the regex? Thank you, Petr