Cannot open Windows h in Microsoft Visual Studio

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First of all  I m using Microsoft Visual Studio 2012  I am a C  Java developer and I am now trying to program for the kinect using Microsoft SDK and C    So I started of with the Color Basics example  and I can not get it to compile   At first  none of the classes were able to find Windows h  So I installed  Or re-installed  I m not sure  the Windows SDK  and added the include dir of the SDK to the include  path  of the project  Then all the problems were gone  except for one   Error   5   error RC1015  cannot open include file  windows h   C  temp ColorBasics-D2D ColorBasics rc  17  1   ColorBasics-D2D   And thats the error  No reasons why  the system can find it because it is used in multiple other files  only this file is not able to work with it  As a reference  the entire  file that is bugging  ColorBasics rc       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------     lt copyright file  ColorBasics-D3D rc  company  Microsoft  gt         Copyright  c  Microsoft Corporation   All rights reserved      lt  copyright gt    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------     Microsoft Visual C   generated resource script      include  resource h    define APSTUDIO READONLY SYMBOLS                                                                                     Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 2 resource      define APSTUDIO HIDDEN SYMBOLS  include  windows h   undef APSTUDIO HIDDEN SYMBOLS                                                                                 undef APSTUDIO READONLY SYMBOLS                                                                                   English  United States  resources   if  defined AFX RESOURCE DLL     defined AFX TARG ENU  LANGUAGE LANG ENGLISH  SUBLANG ENGLISH US                                                                                      Icon        Icon with lowest ID value placed first to ensure application icon    remains consistent on all systems  IDI APP                 ICON                     app ico                                                                                       Dialog     IDD APP DIALOGEX 0  0  512  424 STYLE DS SETFONT   DS FIXEDSYS   WS MINIMIZEBOX   WS CLIPCHILDREN   WS CAPTION   WS SYSMENU EXSTYLE WS EX CONTROLPARENT   WS EX APPWINDOW CAPTION  Color Basics  CLASS  ColorBasicsAppDlgWndClass  FONT 8   MS Shell Dlg   400  0  0x1 BEGIN     DEFPUSHBUTTON    Screenshot  IDC BUTTON SCREENSHOT 238 391 50 14     CONTROL            IDC VIDEOVIEW  Static  SS BLACKFRAME 0 0 512 384     LTEXT            Press  Screenshot  to save a screenshot to your  My Pictures  directory   IDC STATUS 0 413 511 11 SS SUNKEN WS EX CLIENTEDGE END                                                                                       DESIGNINFO      ifdef APSTUDIO INVOKED GUIDELINES DESIGNINFO BEGIN     IDD APP  DIALOG     BEGIN     END END  endif       APSTUDIO INVOKED    ifdef APSTUDIO INVOKED                                                                                     TEXTINCLUDE     1 TEXTINCLUDE  BEGIN      resource h 0  END  2 TEXTINCLUDE  BEGIN       define APSTUDIO HIDDEN SYMBOLS r n        include   windows h   r n        undef APSTUDIO HIDDEN SYMBOLS r n        0  END  3 TEXTINCLUDE  BEGIN       r n        0  END   endif       APSTUDIO INVOKED   endif       English  United States  resources                                                                                   ifndef APSTUDIO INVOKED                                                                                     Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 3 resource                                                                                      endif       not APSTUDIO INVOKED

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If you are targeting Windows XP  v140 xp   try installing Windows XP Support for C     Starting with Visual Studio 2012  the default toolset  v110  dropped support for Windows XP  As a result  a Windows h error can occur if your project is targeting Windows XP with the default C   packages   Check which Windows SDK version is specified in your project s Platform Toolset   Project   Properties   Configuration Properties   General   If your Toolset ends in  xp  you ll need to install XP support     Open the Visual Studio Installer and click Modify for your version of Visual Studio  Open the Individual Components tab and scroll down to Compilers  build tools  and runtimes  Near the bottom  check Windows XP support for C   and click Modify to begin installing     See Also    How to target Windows XP in Microsoft Visual Studio C   What s the difference between Platform Toolsets v140 and v140 xp

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If you already haven t done it  try adding  SDK Path Include  to   Project   Preferences   C C     General   Additional Include Directories   And add  SDK Path Lib  to   Project   Preferences   Linker   General   Additional Library Directories   Also  try to change  Windows h  to  lt windows h gt   If won t help  check the physical existence of the file  it should be in   VC PlatformSDK Include  folder in your Visual Studio install directory

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1  Go to C  Program Files  x86  Microsoft SDKs Windows v7 1A for VS2013 2  Copy the folders Include and Lib  you should check where are your folders in folder windows such as v7 1  v8  v6  etc   3  Paste them into C  Program Files  x86  Microsoft Visual Studio 12 0 VC I solved my problems like   error lnk1104  cannot open file  kernel32 lib   error c1083  Cannot open Windows h  Thanks

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Start Visual Studio  Go to Tools- Options and expand Projects and solutions  Select VC   Directories from the tree and choose Include Files from the combo on the right   You should see         WindowsSdkDir  include   If this is missing  you found a problem  If not  search for a file  It should be located in   32 bit systems      C  Program Files Microsoft SDKs Windows v6 0A Include   64 bit systems      C  Program Files  x86  Microsoft SDKs Windows v6 0A Include   if VS was installed in the default directory   Source  http   forums codeguru com showthread php 465935-quot-windows-h-no-such-file-or-directory-quot-in-Visual-Studio-2008 -Help amp p 1786039 post1786039

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I got this error fatal error lnk1104  cannot open file  kernel32 lib   this error is getting because there is no path in VC   directories  To solve this problem  Open Visual Studio 2008   go to Tools-options-Projects and Solutions-VC   directories-  then at right corner select Library files here you need to add path of kernel132 lib   In my case It is C  Program Files Microsoft SDKs Windows v6 0A Lib

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The right combination of Windows SDK Version and Platform Toolset needs to be selected Depends of course what toolset you have currently installed

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For my case  I had to right click the solution and click  Retarget Projects   In my case I retargetted to Windows SDK version 10 0 1777 0 and Platform Toolset v142  I also had to change  Windows h to lt windows h gt   I am running Visual Studio 2019 version 16 25 on a windows 10 machine

[c++] Cannot open Windows.h in Microsoft Visual Studio

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