Updated Windows SDK Visual C++ Cross Compilers
During Windows SDK setup you are given the option to select VC++ compilers for every platform you wish to develop for. The Windows SDK for Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 (available as a beta now)...
View ArticleSDK Workaround: MSBuild Reports a Dependency on .NET Framework SDK 2.0
This workaround applies to: · The prerelease Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .Net Framework 3.5 (RC0), September, 2007· The prerelease Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and...
View ArticleSDK Workaround: Visual C++ cross-compilers fail on 64-bit platforms
This workaround applies to: · The prerelease Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .Net Framework 3.5 (RC0), September, 2007· The prerelease Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and...
View ArticleSDK Workaround: Samples Fail to Compile with Debug:Itanium error
This workaround applies to:· The prerelease Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .Net Framework 3.5 (RC0), September, 2007· The prerelease Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and...
View ArticleSDK Workaround: Guidgen.exe fails to execute, use UUIDgen.exe
This workaround applies to: · The prerelease Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .Net Framework 3.5 (RC0), September, 2007· The prerelease Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and...
View ArticleSDK Workaround: Not All Visual C++ 2005 Project Files Have X64 Configuration
This workaround applies to: · The prerelease Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .Net Framework 3.5 (RC0), September, 2007· The prerelease Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and...
View ArticleSDK Workaround: VCProj Files Require Upgrade Prior to Building
This workaround applies to: · The prerelease Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .Net Framework 3.5 (RC0), September, 2007· The prerelease Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and...
View ArticleSDK Workaround: Two Speech Samples Fail to Compile
This workaround applies to: · The prerelease Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .Net Framework 3.5 (RC0), September, 2007· The prerelease Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and...
View ArticleSDK Workaround: J# Samples require VJ++ (Visual Studio) to be installed
This workaround applies to: · The prerelease Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .Net Framework 3.5 (RC0), September, 2007· The prerelease Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and...
View ArticleSome SDK samples require VS2005, not VS2008
If you're using the Windows SDK and Visual Studio 2008, you may have stumbled across a few unmanaged samples that don't build. You may see one of these errors: fatal error C1083: Cannot open include...
View ArticleAnnouncing: The Windows SDK Developer Center
Today we launched the Windows SDK MSDN Developer Center. This site is intended as a one-stop place to provide information to help you determine which version of the Windows SDK is most appropriate for...
View ArticleTroubleshooting: Uninstall SDK components
This article applies to the Windows SDK for Windows Vista, the Windows SDK for Windows Vista Update, and the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 (a pre-release SDK at the time this post was written)....
View ArticleWorkaround: Installing Win SDK after VS2008 breaks XAML Intellisense
Several VS 2008 and Windows SDK users have reported that Intellisense stops working for XAML projects after installing the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5. The Windows SDK...
View ArticleIntegrating Windows SDK and VS with new SDK Configuration tool
This article describes the use of the Windows SDK Configuration tool, which is included in the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 and works with Visual Studio 2005 and Visual...
View ArticleWorkaround: SDK build env fails on X86 XP with VS2005
This article applies to the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5. Problem: If your usage scenario matches the one listed below, you will be unable to build in the Windows SDK...
View ArticleInstalling Win SDK for Svr 2008 after VS 2008 breaks VS command line build...
Issue: After installing the Windows SDK for Server 2008, you are no longer able to build at the VS2008 command line. You receive an error that csc, vbc, and/or msbuild commands are not recognized....
View ArticleWinSDK bug notification: SDK Config Tool appears to work but fails
This article applies to theWindows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5, when used with Visual Studio 2008 (all versions). This post describes a problem with the GUI version of...
View ArticleBug Notification: VS2008 SP1 Breaks WinSDK Configuration Tool
Issue: Installing Visual Studio 2008 SP1 breaks the Windows SDK Configuration tool in the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5. This tool is used to set the version of Windows...
View ArticleHow to get the WinSDK Configuration Tool to work
The Windows SDK Configuration Tool sets which version of Windows SDK headers, libraries and tools you want to build with in Visual Studio. The tool shipped with the Windows SDK for Server 2008, and...
View ArticleInstalling Win 7 SDK (RC) and VS2008 RTM can disable VC++ configuration...
If the Windows SDK for Windows 7 SDK (RC release) and Visual Studio 2008 RTM are installed on a machine running an x64 version of Windows, the following issue may occur. The Itanium and x64 listings...
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