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Reputation: 2036

WindowsSDK_LibraryPath_* wrong

I'm using Visual Studio 2012 Express on Windows 7 with Windows SDK 7.1, 8.0, and 8.1 installed. For some reason, $(WindowsSDK_Library_Path_x64) is set to

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\lib\winv6.3\um\x64

instead of

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\lib\win8\um\x64.

Similarly with _arm and _x86. This causes all sorts of problems beginning with "cannot open file kernel32.lib". How do I fix this without renaming the directory itself? I had just installed SDK 8.0 so it can't be because it was corrupted by another program. Thanks.

I searched my SDK directory and I found the file C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\SDKManifest.xml which contains

<FileList
  DisplayName = "Windows 8.1"
  PlatformIdentity = "Windows, Version=8.1"      
  TargetFramework = ".NETCore,version=v4.5.1;.NETFramework,version=v4.5.1"
  MinVSVersion = "12.0"
  MinOSVersion = "6.3.0"
  MaxOSVersionTested = "6.3.0"
  UnsupportedDowntarget = "Windows, version=8.0">

  <File Reference = "Windows">
    <ToolboxItems VSCategory = "Toolbox.Default"/>
  </File>
</FileList>

Could the winv6.3 come from this?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 2294

Answers (2)

Morten R. Schr&#248;der
Morten R. Schr&#248;der

Reputation: 41

I had a similar build error in VS 2015, on a VS2012 c++ project

LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'kernel32.lib'

Solution was to changing: $(WindowsSdkDir)lib\winv6.3\um\x64; to $(WindowsSdkDir)lib\win8\um\x64;

in the Windows.props file. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\DesignTime\CommonConfiguration\Neutral\Windows.props"

Upvotes: 1

dan27
dan27

Reputation: 51

I had the same problem. I eventually found the incorrect path in this file: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\DesignTime\CommonConfiguration\Neutral\Windows.props"

After changing winv6.3 to win8 in the errant paths and restarting the IDE all was well.

Upvotes: 5

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