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
I was also facing the same issue.
Installing Windows SDK v8.1 solved it for me.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/bg162891.aspx