ATTENTION PROGRAMMERS!

DollarBill · Post by **DollarBill** » November 27th, 2007, 1:31 am

Visual C 2005 is munching on my balls:

So I don't use a PC very often. So little, in fact, that my IDE was outdated. I had to download Microsoft Visual C 2005 The Free Express Whatever Blah Blah Horse Crap Edition.

I was getting some linking errors about 'windows.h' not being found. After some poking around on the web I learned I needed to install the Platform SDK. I did, and then I went to Project->Project Properties->Configuration Properties->C/C++->General and included the directory where windows.h is. That worked for the windows.h, but now I get the Linker error "cannot open file 'uuid.lib' ". I went back to my configuration properties and set a path to the folder that uuid.lib is in. No dice. You are smarter than me. Please help!

Roy Janik · Post by **Roy Janik** » November 27th, 2007, 2:13 am

Man, it's been a long time since I've done anything like this, but... hmmm.

some forum wrote: The easiest procedure to use the PSDK with VC2005 Express is:

1. Create a directory "PlatformSDK" under "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC"
2. Copy the "bin", "include" and "lib" directory from the PSDK-installation into this directory.

Then you do not need to change any config file.

references:
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPo ... 4&SiteID=1
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPo ... 4&SiteID=1

DollarBill · Post by **DollarBill** » November 27th, 2007, 3:01 am

ROY!
You are right and I'm a dumb-ass. I have seen those forum threads which you mentioned, but I chose wrongfully to ignore their advices.
I just employed the "MacGyvered" PlatformSDK folder creation and it took care of that pesky .lib. Now I have other files whitch "cannot be found". Luckily there are threads on the same forum that you quoted addressing the new issues.

Anyway, THANKS AGAIN ROY!