Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019: fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'corecrt.h': No such file or directory

Question

Just completed the fresh installation of Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 with no optional features, tried running simple code with c++ console app project type:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    cout << "testing vs 2019" << endl;
    return 0;
}

Getting below error:

1>------ Rebuild All started: Project: Project1, Configuration: Debug x64 ------ 1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.CppBuild.targets(434,5): warning MSB8003: The WindowsSDKDir property is not defined. Some build tools may not be found.

1>Source.cpp 1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.23.28105\include\crtdefs.h(10,10): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'corecrt.h': No such file or directory 1>Done building project "Project1.vcxproj" -- FAILED. ========== Rebuild All: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped ==========

Answer 1

I suggest you should download and install the Windows 10 SDK in the VS2019 installer.

The selected version needs to be the same as the version set in the project.

Answer 2

install the universal CRT SDK - refer the article here Universal-crt