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First of all: I'm using Microsoft Visual Studio 2012
I am a C#/Java developer and I am now trying to program for the kinect using Microsoft SDK and C++. So I started of with the Color Basics example, and I can not get it to compile. At first, none of the classes were able to find Windows.h. So I installed (Or re-installed, I'm not sure) the Windows SDK, and added the include dir of the SDK to the include "path" of the project. Then all the problems were gone, except for one:
Error 5 error RC1015: cannot open include file 'windows.h'. C:\temp\ColorBasics-D2D\ColorBasics.rc 17 1 ColorBasics-D2D And thats the error. No reasons why, the system can find it because it is used in multiple other files, only this file is not able to work with it. As a reference, the entire file that is bugging (ColorBasics.rc):
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // <copyright file="ColorBasics-D3D.rc" company="Microsoft"> // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. // </copyright> //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Microsoft Visual C++ generated resource script. // #include "resource.h" #define APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 2 resource. // #define APSTUDIO_HIDDEN_SYMBOLS #include "windows.h" #undef APSTUDIO_HIDDEN_SYMBOLS ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// #undef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // English (United States) resources #if !defined(AFX_RESOURCE_DLL) || defined(AFX_TARG_ENU) LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // Icon // // Icon with lowest ID value placed first to ensure application icon // remains consistent on all systems. IDI_APP ICON "app.ico" ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // Dialog // IDD_APP DIALOGEX 0, 0, 512, 424 STYLE DS_SETFONT | DS_FIXEDSYS | WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_CLIPCHILDREN | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU EXSTYLE WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT | WS_EX_APPWINDOW CAPTION "Color Basics" CLASS "ColorBasicsAppDlgWndClass" FONT 8, "MS Shell Dlg", 400, 0, 0x1 BEGIN DEFPUSHBUTTON "Screenshot",IDC_BUTTON_SCREENSHOT,238,391,50,14 CONTROL "",IDC_VIDEOVIEW,"Static",SS_BLACKFRAME,0,0,512,384 LTEXT "Press 'Screenshot' to save a screenshot to your 'My Pictures' directory.",IDC_STATUS,0,413,511,11,SS_SUNKEN,WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE END ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // DESIGNINFO // #ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED GUIDELINES DESIGNINFO BEGIN IDD_APP, DIALOG BEGIN END END #endif // APSTUDIO_INVOKED #ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // TEXTINCLUDE // 1 TEXTINCLUDE BEGIN "resource.h\0" END 2 TEXTINCLUDE BEGIN "#define APSTUDIO_HIDDEN_SYMBOLS\r\n" "#include ""windows.h""\r\n" "#undef APSTUDIO_HIDDEN_SYMBOLS\r\n" "\0" END 3 TEXTINCLUDE BEGIN "\r\n" "\0" END #endif // APSTUDIO_INVOKED #endif // English (United States) resources ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// #ifndef APSTUDIO_INVOKED ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 3 resource. // ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// #endif // not APSTUDIO_INVOKED 
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h'". That problem happens because the file, which is needed to compile programs that make calls to the Windows operating system, is not installed. To fix this, download and install the Microsoft Windows SDK for your system (it is free). Once the SDK is installed, add the file paths to Visual Studio.
Search for and locate the windows. h header file in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs directory.
h is a Windows-specific header file for the C and C++ programming languages which contains declarations for all of the functions in the Windows API, all the common macros used by Windows programmers, and all the data types used by the various functions and subsystems.
If you already haven't done it, try adding "SDK Path\Include" to:
Project → Preferences → C/C++ → General → Additional Include Directories And add "SDK Path\Lib" to:
Project → Preferences → Linker → General → Additional Library Directories Also, try to change "Windows.h" to <windows.h>
If won't help, check the physical existence of the file, it should be in "\VC\PlatformSDK\Include" folder in your Visual Studio install directory.
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Start Visual Studio. Go to Tools->Options and expand Projects and solutions. Select VC++ Directories from the tree and choose Include Files from the combo on the right.
You should see:
$(WindowsSdkDir)\include
If this is missing, you found a problem. If not, search for a file. It should be located in
32 bit systems:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Include
64 bit systems:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Include
if VS was installed in the default directory.
Source: http://forums.codeguru.com/showthread.php?465935-quot-windows-h-no-such-file-or-directory-quot-in-Visual-Studio-2008!-Help&p=1786039#post1786039
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