Cannot open include file 'afxres.h' in VC2010 Express

Question

I\'m trying to compile an old project using VS express 2010 but I get this error:

fatal error RC1015: cannot open include file \'afxres.h\'. from this cod

Answer 1

Had similar issue but the message was shown when I tried to open a project solution. What worked for me was:

TOOLS -> Import and Export Settings...-> Reset all settings

Answer 2

This header is a part of the MFC Library. VS Express edition doesn't contain MFC. If your project doesn't use MFC you can safely replace afxres.h with windows.h in your terrain2.rc.

Answer 3

You can also try replace afxres.h with WinResrc.h

Answer 4

a similar issue is for Visual studio 2015 RC. Sometimes it loses the ability to open RC: you double click but editor do not one menus and dialogs.

Right click on the file *.rc, it will open:

And change as following:

Answer 5

Had the same problem . Fixed it by installing Microsoft Foundation Classes for C++.

1. Start
2. Change or remove program (type)
3. Microsoft Visual Studio
4. Modify
5. Select 'Microsoft Foundation Classes for C++'
6. Update

Answer 6

Even I too faced similar issue,

fatal error RC1015: cannot open include file 'afxres.h'. from this code

Replacing afxres.h with Winresrc.h and declaring IDC_STATIC as -1 worked for me. (Using visual studio Premium 2012)

//#include "afxres.h"
#include "WinResrc.h"
#define IDC_STATIC  -1