Windows SDK registry variable not found

Question

I cannot build my project in Visual Studio 2012. The error is:

1>C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MSBuild\\Microsoft.Cpp\\v4.0\\V110\\Microsoft.CppBuild.targe

Answer 1

Try to invoke SetEnv.cmd manually in your command prompt:

call "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1\bin\Setenv.cmd" /Release /x86

OR

call "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1\bin\Setenv.cmd" /Release /x64