"cannot open source file"- headers included, Visual Studio 2015 - c

I keep receiving the error "cannot open source file" in Visual Studio 2015 when trying to compile the "simpleLite.c" from AR Toolkit. This occurs despite placing the the full paths to the headers in the project options include setting and also pasting the headers into the project headers folder.
AR Toolkit is installed as C:\Program Files (x86)\ARToolKit5
The include paths, which are pasted into the project include setting, are:
C:\Program Files (x86)\ARToolKit5\include\AR;
C:\Program Files (x86)\ARToolKit5\include\win32-i386\GL
All include files fail to open:
Is anyone aware of additional needed configuration?

The include paths, which are pasted into the project include setting, are: C:\Program Files (x86)\ARToolKit5\include\AR; C:\Program Files (x86)\ARToolKit5\include\win32-i386\GL
Seeing that the #include directives start with AR and GL, you probably should not have those subdirectories in your include paths, but just
C:\Program Files (x86)\ARToolKit5\include; C:\Program Files (x86)\ARToolKit5\include\win32-i386

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C:\Program Files %28x86%29\netCDF 4.3.3.1\lib
C:\Program Files %28x86%29\netCDF 4.3.3.1\bin
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