How to fix the error Windows SDK version 8 1 was not found

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I recently updated visual studio 2015 and now  when i try to build any project it always fails and i get the error     Severity    Code    Description Project File    Line    Suppression State       Error MSB8036 The Windows SDK version 8 1 was not found  Install the required version of Windows SDK or change the SDK version in the   project property pages or by right-clicking the solution and selecting    Retarget solution    Proj    D  Program Files  x86  visual studio   2017 Common7 IDE VC VCTargets Platforms Win32 PlatformToolsets v141 Toolset targets   34   I retargeted the solution as it said  and the problem persisted  even though the retargetting was completed I decided to install visual studio 2017 because of this  and  lo and behold  it did the exact same thing I m also using windows 7   What is the problem and how can i fix it

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I faced this problem too  Re-ran the Visual Studio 2017 Installer  go to  Individual Components  and select Windows 8 1 SDK  Go back to to the project   Right click and Re-target to match the SDK required as shown below

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I installed the 8 1 SDK s version  https   developer microsoft com en-us windows downloads sdk-archive It used 1GB  a little more  in the installation   Update October  9  There s a https error  the sdksetup link is https   go microsoft com fwlink p  LinkId 323507  quot Save link as quot  should help

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I realize this post is a few years old  but I just wanted to extend this to anyone still struggling through this issue    The company I work for still uses VS2015 so in turn I still use VS2015  I recently started working on a RPC application using C   and found the need to download the Win32 Templates  Like many others I was having this  SDK 8 1 was not found  issue  i took the following corrective actions with no luck     I found the SDK through Micrsoft at the following link  https   developer microsoft com en-us windows downloads sdk-archive  as referenced  above and downloaded it  I located my VS2015 install in Apps  amp  Features and ran the repair  I completely uninstalled my VS2015 and reinstalled it   I attempted to manually point my console app  Executable  and  Include  directories to the C  Program Files  x86  Microsoft SDKs Windows Kits 8 1 and C  Program Files  x86  Microsoft SDKs Windows v8 1A bin NETFX 4 5 1 Tools    None of the attempts above corrected the issue for me      I then found this article on social MSDN https   social msdn microsoft com Forums office en-US 5287c51b-46d0-4a79-baad-ddde36af4885 visual-studio-cant-find-windows-81-sdk-when-trying-to-build-vs2015 forum visualstudiogeneral  Finally what resolved the issue for me was    Uninstalling and reinstalling VS2015  Locating my installed  Windows Software Development Kit for Windows 8 1  and running the repair   Checked my  C  Program Files  x86  Microsoft SDKs Windows Kits 8 1  to verify the  DesignTime  folder was in fact there   Opened VS created a Win32 Console application and comiled with no errors or issues   I hope this saves anyone else from almost 3 full days of frustration and loss of productivity

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Grep the folder tree s   vcxproj files  Replace  lt WindowsTargetPlatformVersion gt 8 1 lt  WindowsTargetPlatformVersion gt  with  lt WindowsTargetPlatformVersion gt 10 0 lt  WindowsTargetPlatformVersion gt  or whatever SDK version you get when you update one of the projects

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I had win10 SDK and I only had to do retarget and then I stopped getting this error  The idea was that the project needs to upgrade its target Windows SDK

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Another way  worked for 2015  is open  Install remove programs   Apps  amp  features   find Visual Studio  select Modify  In opened window  press Modify  check   Languages - gt  Visual C   - gt  Common tools for Visual C   Windows and web development - gt  Tools for universal windows apps - gt  Tools  1 4 1  and Windows 10 SDK   version   Windows and web development - gt  Tools for universal windows apps - gt  Windows 10 SDK   version     and install  Then right click on solution -  Re-target and it will compile

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I encountered this issue while trying to build an npm project  It was failing to install a node-sass package and this was the error it was printing  I solved it by setting my npm proxy correctly so that i

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Install the required version of Windows SDK or change the SDK version in the project property pages  or  by right-clicking the solution and selecting  Retarget solution    If you do visual studio guide  you will resolve the problem

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