Cannot open include file 'afxres.h' in VC2010 Express

Question

This header is a part of the MFC Library. VS Express edition doesn't contain MFC. If your project doesn't use MFC you can safely replace afxres.h with windows.h in your terrain2.rc.

Had the same problem . Fixed it by installing Microsoft Foundation Classes for C++.

1. Start
2. Change or remove program (type)
3. Microsoft Visual Studio
4. Modify
5. Select 'Microsoft Foundation Classes for C++'
6. Update

Even I too faced similar issue,

fatal error RC1015: cannot open include file 'afxres.h'. from this code

Replacing afxres.h with Winresrc.h and declaring IDC_STATIC as -1 worked for me. (Using visual studio Premium 2012)

//#include "afxres.h"
#include "WinResrc.h"
#define IDC_STATIC  -1

Alternatively you can create your own afxres.h:

#ifndef _AFXRES_H
#define _AFXRES_H
#if __GNUC__ >= 3
#pragma GCC system_header
#endif

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

#ifndef _WINDOWS_H
#include <windows.h>
#endif

/* IDC_STATIC is documented in winuser.h, but not defined. */
#ifndef IDC_STATIC
#define IDC_STATIC (-1)
#endif

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#endif