c++ - Cannot open include file: 'VersionHelpers.h': No such file or directory

Question

I'm trying to use IsWindows7SP1OrGreater function, declared in VersionHelpers.h header. And I get:

'VersionHelpers.h': No such file or directory

although I can open this header from Visual Studio, it is found by syntax checker correctly. What's the problem?

Answer 1

In order to use the version helpers macros, you need to be targetting the v120 platform toolset this ships with VS 2013. If you create a an empty project in VS 2013 then you will find that an include of VersionHelpers.h works fine.

If you are targetting v120 then I guess something else is misconfigured in your project. Start with a brand new project and convince yourself that #include <VersionHelpers.h> works as expected. Then try to find out what's different between your troublesome project, and the plain vanilla project that works.