Unable to build JS and TS Cordova (Multi Device Hybrid) app on Windows 8.1 [Missing Windows 8 SDK]

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Receiving those errors

Error 1 File 'Windows.props' not found. See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?prd=12395&pver=1.0&plcid=0x409&ar=MSDN&sar=PlatformMultiTargeting&o1=Windows&o2=8.0 for more information. [C:\Users\ddltd2\Desktop\BlankCordovaApp1\BlankCordovaApp1\bld\Debug\platforms\windows8\CordovaApp.jsproj] C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v12.0\AppxPackage\Microsoft.AppXPackage.Targets 561 9 BlankCordovaApp1 Error 2 AppPackages were not built C:\Users\ddltd2\Desktop\BlankCordovaApp1\BlankCordovaApp1\EXEC 1 1 BlankCordovaApp1 Error 3 The command ""C:\Users\ddltd2\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\vs-mda\vs-cli" build --platform "Windows-AnyCPU" --configuration "Debug" --projectDir . --projectName "BlankCordovaApp1" "--AnyCPU"" exited with code -1. C:\Users\ddltd2\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\vs-mda-targets\Microsoft.MDA.targets 65 5 BlankCordovaApp1

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2 Answers

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At the moment, Windows 8 SDK is needed to run Cordova apps.

  • From Programs and Features, right click on Microsoft Visual Studio Ultimate 2013 and click change
  • Choose Modify and then check "Tools for Maintaining Store Apps for Windows 8"
  • Click Update. That should install the missing SDK. Then try building again.
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Please download Visual Studio from here. This installed Windows Phone SDK 8.1 and then when I started rebuilding the solution having PCL projects, I found no build errors