missing header file on a new installation of visual studio 2012

Question

I just installed visual studio 2012 and tried running my C++ project on it. compilation fails due to missing \"SDKDDKVer.h\", \"windows.h\", etc.

I installed the win

Answer 1

The same problem also exists when you upgrade a VS2010 project to VS2012.

To me, manually fixing the include dirs (see step 1 in previous answer) took care of the problem.

Answer 2

It's a bug caused by VS2012 using the configuration of VS2010.

You have to manually fix the include libraries to get around this (through the property manager).

The substantial modifications needed are :

1. adding $(WindowsSDK_IncludePath) to the include paths

2. adding $(WindowsSDK_LibraryPath_x86) or $(WindowsSDK_LibraryPath_x64) to the library path depending if your building for x84 or x64.