install via vcpkg on windows does not list any devices

[hwh]

I'm following the instructions at https://docs.openvino.ai/2025/get-started/install-openvino.html?PACKAGE=OPENVINO_BASE&VERSION=v_2025_0_0&OP_SYSTEM=WINDOWS&DISTRIBUTION=VCPKG and I've installed the 2025 package via vcpkg. 

Next I've built a simple application in C++ to list the available devices with MSVC (2022) using vcpkg to link with openvino. Basically, this is what I'm trying to do

ov::Core core;
std::vector available_devices = core.get_available_devices();
for (const auto& device : available_devices) {
  std::cout << "Available device: " << device << "\n";
}

No devices however seem available.

When I install openvino in a virtual environment via pip on the same machine, I can run the benchmarking application just fine. So my hardware should suffice. Somehow the vcpkg installed version isn't configured properly to find any devices? 

Is there anything I've missed in the documentation when using vcpkg to ensure devices are found?

[hwh · Accepted solution]

I think I figured it out; not all runtime dll's are not copied to the output folder. This seems to be an issue with package itself?

[Peh_Intel]

Hi hwh,

Have you done the following steps after installing OpenVINO package via vcpkg?

After installation (vcpkg install openvino), you can use OpenVINO in your product’s cmake scripts:

find_package(OpenVINO REQUIRED)

Next, run from terminal:

cmake -B <build dir> -S <source dir> -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=<VCPKG_ROOT>/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake

Regards,

Peh

[hwh]

No, because I was not planning on using CMake. Also there should be no need for CMake, since vcpkg has MSVC integration. Usually the (necessary) runtime dll's are nicely copied to the output folder. But I might look into using vcpkg + cmake, and check out if that works.

[Peh_Intel]

Hi hwh,

Any updates from your end? Looking forward to hearing how it goes!

Regards,

Peh

[hwh]

When trying to setup a CMake project with vcpkg support (as per Microsoft instructions here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/vcpkg/get_started/get-started-vs?pivots=shell-powershell ) I run into the problem that it somehow won't find the package itself:

PS D:\Projects\test-cmake> cmake -B build -S . -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=c:/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake
-- Selecting Windows SDK version 10.0.22000.0 to target Windows 10.0.19045.
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:14 (find_package):
  By not providing "FindOpenVINO.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project has
  asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by "OpenVINO",
  but CMake did not find one.

  Could not find a package configuration file provided by "OpenVINO" with any
  of the following names:

    OpenVINOConfig.cmake
    openvino-config.cmake

  Add the installation prefix of "OpenVINO" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set
  "OpenVINO_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above files.  If
  "OpenVINO" provides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it has
  been installed.


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
...

For now I'm happy with my own solution by explicitly copying the runtime dll's to the target /outp folder.

[Peh_Intel]

Hi hwh,

Thanks for the updates.

Since you are good with your own solution, hence this thread will no longer be monitored. If you need any additional information from Intel, please submit a new question. 

Regards,

Peh