I'm trying to compile a visual studio C++ project and I can't get anywhere because of the compiler reporting "Cannot open include file: 'excpt.h': No such file or directory". The problem has been reported numerous times on the Internet but I can't find any help regarding my particular situation. The problem is not that the include path of the project are not correctly setup, the problem is that this include file (and probably a bunch of other files) are just missing from my computer. There is no such file on my hard drive. So I tried installing Windows SDK 7.1. The file is not inside the installed SDK (although it should be). I tried repairing the install, uninstall it, reinstall it... all numerous time. I also try to install, repair, uninstall, reinstall Visual Studio 2010 professional numerous time, with and without the Windows SDK installed. I even tried uninstalling the professional version to install the express VC++... nothing seems to work, no 'excpt.h' never get installed on my computer. I am clueless... someone has a hint of a solution? I'm on Windows 7.
As supplementary information, note that 'excpt.h' is included in by "windows.h". Also, the "excpt.h" file is normally installed with the Windows SDK under a path like "c:\program files (x86)\microsoft sdks\windows\v7.1\include\" and with Visual Studio under a path like "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\include\".
EDIT: If it might help, I might add that the folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\include related my Visual Studio install has only two files... which is certainly not normal!!! However, I can't find any ways to get the installer to install all the .h files that should appear in this repertory.
See if you have it at C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\include\excpt.h Check to be sure that the system include-paths are correct in Visual Studio. If all else fails, uninstall everything, all SDK's, etc., and re-install Visual C++.
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For those who have the same problem, here is the solution I found after about 10h of install/uninstall/cleaning cycles... I've uninstalled completely visual studio using this. After that, using the control panel, I've uninstalled the Windows SDK and everything that can be associated with it or with visual studio (e.g. .NET framework). Then, I've removed all the left overs by manually deleting the visual studio and the Windows SDK folders located in C:/Program files. Finally, I deleted all the entries related to the Windows SDK or to Visual Studio in the registry (they are located in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft). Then, I reinstalled Visual Studio... and it was finally working correctly. I should add that I restarted and cleaned the registry using CCleaner after any install or uninstall step.
I had this problem with a project that had been updated to VS2017 from VS2015.
This was a header included via windows.h. I knew this header should have no problems as I had other projects created directly in VS2017 that used windows.h.
Another symptom was that the intellisense was highlighting includes of standard headers (e.g string, vector etc), although these were not generating compile errors.
The fix for me was similar to VS 2010 Cannot open source file “string”.
Initially, I retargeted the project, hoping this would help (right-click the project, select retarget projects), but this did not in itself cure the problem.
I then took a working project and copied the include directories from project properties->Configuration Properties->VC++ Directories and used these to replace the same property for my broken project. This fixed the problem.
Initially, the value for this property was
$(VCInstallDir)include;$(VCInstallDir)atlmfc\include;$(WindowsSDK_IncludePath);
The replacement value was
$(VC_IncludePath);$(WindowsSDK_IncludePath);
I had the same problem, and tried the answer given by OP, but it did not work. However, copying the contents of C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC (specifically bin, lib, and include) from a machine that did work to this machine worked.
It seems the Visual Studio 2012 installer is buggy when it comes to installing into a different drive letter than C:. I have installed the VS2012 into the D: drive and got the same error. I found that for some unknown reason the installer put some of the files into the correct location at:
D:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0
but the remaining files were at
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0
so I have moved the files from the C: into the D: location and it fixed the problem.
Some situation cause such problem. If you have uninstalled vs2010. you lost platform C++ binaries for .net framework 4 forever. You have to delete all of VS 2010 2012 2013, clean system up and its accompany components and reinstall them from scratch.
Or you can download this package. Include them in your project that may solve your problem properly.
one simeple way,just copy vc directory(C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC) from other computer
Fixing your Visual Studio installation is a good idea, but you don't necessarily need to re-install the same old version of VS. I uninstalled VS 2015, then modified my VS 2017 installation to add the VC++ v140 build tools, and now my project builds.
I'm using Visual Studio 2019 and trying to compile a program that was compatible with Windows XP 32-bit.
When I first ran my .exe on my VM it said that it wasn't compatible with Win32.
I've then changed the Platform Toolset to Visual Studio 2017 - Windows XP (v141_xp).
Now it says I'm missing a VCRUNTIME140d.dll, and following instructions that said to change my Runtime Library to /MT I get the error stated in the title.
Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.
VCRUNTIME140d.dll is Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015.You need to download and install. And this is Debug versions of DLL. You must compile in Release mode.
I'm trying to build the Postgresql odbc driver in VS2017.
The existing project and solution is a VS2010 project.
When I re-targeted the solution and project, I have problems:
x64 (Release, Debug) builds ok
x86 (Release, Debug) does not build:
error MSB8013: This project doesn't contain the Configuration and Platform combination of Release|Win32.
But I have checked: not any Win32 in project and solution files, only x86 and x64.
In the VS 2017 solution explorer: when I select the x86 I see the project name as "pgodbc (Visual Studio 2010)", when I select x64 I see "pgodbc".
What do I need to check/change?
I was wondering if anyone was able to successfully create Installer Project for a 64-bit WinForms application on VS2015.
When I try to compile the installer project for simple 64-bit WinForms project that only displays a message box, I get the following:
ERROR: File 'WindowsFormsApplication2.exe' of project output 'Primary
output from WindowsFormsApplication2 (Debug x64)' targeting 'AMD64' is
not compatible with the project's target platform 'x86'
And when opening the installer project properties I don't find any option for changing the installer project to x64.
Edit:
I already tried the project properties:
However while the link provided in Cody Gray's comment is for VS2010, it suggests that "Creating 64-bit MSI packages is not available in Visual Studio Express Edition.
"
And I'm using VS2015 community which is free. Could that be the problem?
I built a project in visual studio 2010 using c and got a DLL and was trying to use the DLL in postgresql 9.2. but i am getting this error:
ERROR: could not load library "C:\projmpt.dll": The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect.
I installed the latest version of Visual C++ Redistributable Packages but still not working.anyone who has any idea about this problem?