I just downloaded Visual Studio 2017 and converted my dialog-based C++/MFC project with it (from Visual Studio 2008 SP1.) But then when I go to Resources it shows this error:
fatal error RC1015: cannot open include file 'winres.h'
And idea how to fix this?
I just also came across this issue. It seems my friend missed to push some VS 2017 meta file to the server. My quick solution is to change the Windows SDK version to match the Windows 10 OS version or below.
You can check your OS version from the cmd tool.
Jeff T. answer is great if you have a single project.
If you have many projects in which you have to change the target Windows SDK (or if you want to make sure they all match), you'll probably prefer to use the Retarget Solution button found when right clicking on the solution:
Then just select some Windows SDK version that you have installed, and apply it to all (or whatever) projects you need to change:
That list of Windows SDK versions will probably show some that don't really work. You might have to try.
The missing files are located in two directories:
C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.15063.0\um
C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.15063.0\shared
Add the two paths to project properties (Project >> ...Properties >> Configuration Properties >> VC++ Directories >> Include Directories).
You should install the framework MFC
For anyone who stumbles onto this question is in the same boat as me (tried all of the above with no luck)..
I just created a fresh project and created a resource immediately (no issue) and then went ahead and readded all the code / libs that were needed. A bit annoying but I'm sure it was a mistake I made while configuring the project settings
Hopefully this helps someone out
I my case, it was caused by wrong project configuration. Specifically Property Pages -> VC++ Directories -> Include Directories and there check Inherit from parent or project defaults.
Probably VS2017 fatal error RC1015 when attempting to add a new resource. fellow also got this error with VS2017.
Related
I'm getting a common error on the issue that I'm having but nothing has worked:
1>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.32.31326\include\yvals.h(12,10): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'crtdbg.h': No such file or directory
I've been told to download the C++ dev kit again, the Windows SDK again, Reset my PC after download and manually change the path inside the file that can't find it.
As it turns out the file exists (and the Windows SDK too, I assume), Visual studio is just looking for it in the wrong spot, So I figure this is a setup issue. It exists in this location C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.19041.0\ucrt. You could say why not just manually link to it? I have but then another file can't be found, so I change that and then another one can't be found and so on. I'd appreciate the help as this is the reason I get scared to use Visual Studio and go back running to Code, thank you!
Does this issue also occur if I create an empty C++ project and build it? If it works fine, this issue is more relevant to your current project.
Please check the target platform version of your project. Right click the project name and select ‘Properties’—‘Configuration Properties’—‘General’— ‘Windows SDK Version’ like the following, and select the Windows 10 SDK to have a try.
You could also refer to the method in this issue.
(PS:You need to make sure that the SDK you install is consistent with the operating system, for example if you use Win 11 then you should install the Windows 11 SDK.)
Hell'o
I've just installed Visual Studio 2017 (enterprise).I opened my project whom I created in Visual Studio 2015. My project uses windows.h library but VS2017 cannot find this library. How to repair this?
My solution was :
Open the project properties
Into General --> SDK Version
I just picked the 10.0.15063.0 version instead of 8.1
And it worked.
I solved this issue by re-running the Visual Studio Installer and selecting the "Modify" button. Once presented with the Workloads screen I clicked on the "Individual Components" tab and selected all of the latest "Windows 10 SDK" Checkboxes(version 10.0.15063.0). My guess is that the entry for "Desktop C++ x86 and x64" is the one the actually fixes it but it is only speculation because none of those options were checked when I ran the installer and as you can see I checked all of them.
This happens when you have customized include/library paths in legacy projects. If you added your own additional paths in project properties, VisualStudio 2017 can't automatically figure out base paths when switching between platforms/toolsets - normally it automatically puts correct paths there, but if you added customizations, VS won't touch them.
This is legitimate problem which I ran into myself recently when migrating old project targeted for Windows XP into VS2017. None of the answers or comments listed/linked here so far are helpful. I have all legacy SDKs in VisualStudio 2017 installer, and none of that fixed VS not finding essential includes such as <windows.h>. In my case the project was using v120 toolset from VS2013, which is superseded by v140_xp in newer VS.
After setting correct platform and toolset understood by VS2017, I did the following to resolve the problem:
Open project properties, go to VC++ Directories, for 'Include Directories' and for 'Library Directories', choose <Inherit from parent or project defaults>. This will remove your additional paths.
Click 'Apply'. This will reset include path to something like $(VC_IncludePath_x86);$(WindowsSdk_71A_IncludePath_x86) (will vary for SDKs).
Re-add your extra paths here, or better yet - under C/C++/General -> Additional Include Directories and Linker/General -> Additional Library Directories.
I got it fixed when I simply changed "General => Windows SDK version" to a different version, submitted the changes and then changed it back.
The problem occurs when you migrate your C++ project from a more updated visual studio version to a lesser one.
To solve the issue simply go to your :
Project's properties-->General-->SDK Version [and here unroll to show installed SDK versions so you downgrade to an available version {Since the required one seems unavailable hence the error}].
Once one of the Available SDKs selected, Apply, and go back to your code, and everything gonna get fixed.
If the installation was ok it should be here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.15063.0\um\Windows.h
So be sure it is on the include path of the project properties.
Or if you prefer by manual edit in the .vcxproj file at the IncludePath Tag line:
<IncludePath>$(VC_IncludePath);$(WindowsSDK_IncludePath);C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.15063.0\um;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.15063.0\shared;</IncludePath>
TL;DR: make sure the checkbox, marked below, is checked.
In the Include Directories Dlgbox, there's an option at the bottom "Inherit from..." that needs to be checked. Somehow it got unchecked after moving a project to a different solution.
So, in my case, resetting to defaults and adding custom paths again wasn't even needed.
You have to go in Visual Studio 2017 Installer, choose Individual Components, and manually select and install Windows 8.1 SDK.
This step work for me.
1. Open visual studio installer
2. at menu "Visual studio comunity 2017" --> click modify
3. at desktop development with c++ --> enable windows10 SDK for desktop and windows 8.1 SDK
4. click modify
I've also installed Visual Studio 2017 (community) first with the default composition settings.I opened my project whom I created in Visual Studio 2015. My project uses windows.h library but VS2017 cannot find this library and other problems. At first I install the missing (SDK 10 ... etc.) components. Part of problems is gone, but windows.h still not found. The problem was solved by completely uninstalling VS2017 and then installing with all the options at once.
My solution was checking paths.
Include Directories:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.17763.0\um;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.17763.0\shared;
%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)
Library Directories:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.16.27023\lib\x64
and then right click Solution Explorer: Solution 'xxxxx' (1 project) line click "Retarget solution"
Remember to set Debug setting for Symbols fetch - Windows 10 must use Microsoft symbol server!
I'm been trying to get into driver development (queue the "don't do that")
I have been looking at this msdn page and after installing the WDK (Windows Driver Kit) 10 I am still unable to compile the example that they use on that page.
I have looked at other SO questions but I am unable to find the installed directory of the WDK. When I attempt to run the setup I am greeted by this:
How can I solve this?
You need to add WDK headers path to your vcxproj include directories:
vcxproj properties -> C/C++ -> General -> Additional Include Directories
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.14393.0\km\
P.S.: Make sure you install SDK 10 together with WDK 10.
P.P.S: Without SDK you will get Cannot open include file: 'ntdef.h' error
Solved it by selecting a different "Windows SDK Version" in Visual Studio under Project Properties -> General.
In the directory C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include I have 5 folders with Windows SDKs. The newest (10.0.17763.0) did not have a km subfolder. After changing the Windows SDK Version from 10.0.17763.0 to 10.0.17134.0 in Visual Studio the ntddk.h header was found.
Rule of thumb
When you need to build with the latest (or specific) version of WDK, check that corresponding version of Win SDK is installed.
Suspected cause
In process of debugging the issue it appeared that (because of SDK version) build process was setting $(LatestTargetPlatformVersion) to 10.0.10586. While the installed WDK provides needed versions of build files only for 10.0.14393 version. Looks like this is somewhat intended behavior.
My case
In my case it was due to different versions of Win SDK and WDK.
I had SDK 10.0.10586 and WDK 10.0.14393.
Installing SDK 10.0.14393 solved the issue for me.
Side note
Win SDK gets installed with default layout of VS2015, but for some reason it doesn't get updates in process of VS updates.
There is a macros $(DDK_INC_PATH) that can be added to include directories of your project (vcxproj properties -> VC++ Directories -> Include Directories)
I also faced the similar problem. Below worked for me:
Step 1: Aware of Targeted Windows Platform for which you are going to develop driver. You can check 'Windows Version' on your system by looking at Settings->System->About->Windows Specification
Step 2: Make sure you install compatible "Windows SDK" and "WinSDK" matchingto targeted windows platform version.
For Windows 10, version 1903 follow https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/download-the-wdk
For Previous Platforms follow https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/other-wdk-downloads
Step 3: Verify "ntddk.h" exists at $(DDK_INC_PATH). This pre-processor macro typically evaluates to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\\km". If you do not see 'km' folder then carefully follow the links mentioned in step 2 above.
Step 4: Verify Project Properties -> Configuration Properties -> General -> Platform Toolset is using "WindowsKernelModeDriver" .
In case you try to build on a new system, then perhaps first try to retarget the solution to that system
If this does not work then look for the subfolder KM - mentioned in some of the above explanations and then try to retarget to that version, by changing the $(LatestTargetPlatformVersion)
Hopefully then you should beable to build with the ntddk.h file
NB! Keep in mind that this will force your solution to build to that specific platform and if you try to build on another, then you will have to manually change it again. A better solution would be to make some sort of pre-build step which takes care of missing SDK and installs it, however I do not have such a solution - any one ?
I'm a beginner in C/C++, so please bear with me.
I'm trying to build the PortAudio library so I can use it in one of my project. I'm using VS 2013, the preset project-file for builds had to be converted to my version. I've been able to fix all the many problems that occurred on my long way here, except one:
LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'ksguid.lib'
I've seen this and this site. All of them address exactly this problem, yet non of them has been able to solve it. Here are the solutions these sites suggest:
Add WASAPI - symbol to portaudio.def,
Add PA_WDMKS_NO_KSGUID_LIB - definition to the preprocessor
You can get the ksguid.lib-file from the Windows 7 SDK. It might even already be installed on your computer. It's best to use the explorer to find it (probably C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\Lib\x64).
When you found it, go back to Visual Studio and go to Project > Properties > Configuration-Properties > Linker > Input, then click on the little arrow on the right of Additional Dependencies and choose edit:
Enter the absolute filepath to ksguid.lib. Make sure that you surrounded it with "-s and that you put a ; at the end. (Throws an error without a usable description otherwise - Microsoft as we know it.)
Source: Bitbucket, stackoverflow
ksguid.lib is included in the Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and windows 10 sdk. The answer provided by #Nearoo is perfectly valid. This alternative answer involves modifying what directories the portaudio Visual Studio project looks for library files.
For reference, I'm using Visual Studio 2013 on a Windows 8.1 PC.
Navigate to: Project -> Properties -> VC++ Directories
At the top of the window,
change Configuration to "All Configurations".
change Platform to "All Platforms"
In the "Library Directories" portion, add the following path:
$(WindowsSdkDir)\Lib\winv6.3\km\$(PlatformTarget)\
This nice thing is that this one path uses macros so it will work with Debug, Release, 32 bit and 64 bit builds of portaudio.
I'm trying to compile the examples from the book OpenGL SuperBible 6th edition.
I got everything from their git repository and I'm trying to open it using Visual studio 2013 by opening the visual studio 2013 solution file that is included.
When I try building the main project inside "sb6_vs2013" It claims it can't find Windows.h : "Error 2 error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'windows.h': No such file or directory"
Now I tried to look at people's solutions on the internet and couldn't find anything helpful.
If I right click on the project and go to properties -> Configuration Properties - > VC directories I can see that it has the line:
$(WindowsSdkDir)\include
When I click on Macros I can see the path of WindowsSdkDir, its pointing to the right place where Windows SDK is, which in my case is: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1" if I look at my file system in that folder and go to "\Include\um\" I can find Windows.h there, but for some reason visual studio 2013 fails to find it.
I thought it was due to bad installation and I even went as far as re-installing windows, visual studio and everything (it was time for that anyway) but nothing seems to fix this problem, even the new fresh installation didn't do the trick.
I'm not sure what else I can do to make this work.
Could someone help me solve this issue once and for all?
Eventually I managed to solved it, after the reinstall all the macros were correct I just need to check "inherit from parent on project defaults" checkbox and it did the trick