While migrating an old C++ project from Visual Studio 6 up to Visual Studio 2012, we came across an odd set of warnings from inside the standard Microsoft platform headers:<
UPDATE:
See Edmund's answer to this same question first -- give that a try. If it works, great! If not... try the following:
ORIGINAL:
Use the workaround mentioned on the "Workarounds" tab of this web page:
http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/789965/resource-editor-warning-rc4005-on-toolset-visual-studio-2012-windows-xp-v110-xp
Namely, add:
#define _USING_V110_SDK71_ 1
...directly in the .rc file before it includes anything that would include the system headers that cause this warning.