MSBuild configuration error WDK 8.1 Visual Studio 2015 to build kernel mode driver

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I'm struggling with VS 2015 C++ 'Platform Toolset' configuration property to build a test *.sys kernel driver I want play around this night.

So, this is a fresh new installation of VS 2015 Pro (update 1) plus WDK 8.1 (just downloaded) running on clean Win 8.1

All libs and headers like ntddk.h are in place.

But C++ Solution Explorer -> General -> Platform Toolset does not eat every option:

Visual Studio 2015 (v140)  -- ok
Visual Studio 2015 - Windows XP (v140_xp)  -- ok
WindowsApplicationForDrivers8.1  -- error
WindowsKernelModeDriver8.1  -- error (need this one)
WindowsUserModeDriver8.1  -- error

Nags as follows:

One or more values are invalid. MSBuild returned the following error: The imported project "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\v120\Microsoft.cpp.props" was not found. (Directory exists though!) Confirm that the path in the declaration is correct, and that the file exists on disk. C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V140\Microsoft.Cpp.Redirect.12.props

I don't know what it could be. Am I supposed to have WDK 10 towards to VS2015?!

Anyway, I need the ability to build the driver on VS 2015. Could it be directed compiler scripts?

Any ideas?

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2 Answers

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Ok

Moving to WDK 10 helped!

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-drivers/develop/building_a_driver

Ensure that you have the same version of SDK and WDK installed on your computer.

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