# fatal error C1090: PDB API call failed, error code '3'

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**Category:** Compiling Audacity\
**Created:** [January 15, 2022, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/fatal-error-c1090-pdb-api-call-failed-error-code-3/63952 "2022-01-15T10:45:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![jademan](https://forum.audacityteam.org/user_avatar/forum.audacityteam.org/jademan/32/39309_2.png) [@jademan](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/jademan)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/fatal-error-c1090-pdb-api-call-failed-error-code-3/63952/3 "2022-01-15T12:16:17Z")

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See this post: [https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/visual-studio-2019-16-8-3-has-a-bug-open-cmake-unknown-error/60836/1](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/visual-studio-2019-16-8-3-has-a-bug-open-cmake-unknown-error/60836/1)

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