Automatically select latest Windows 10 SDK
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In the project file (
*.vcxproj
) remove or comment out theWindowsTargetPlatformVersion
property:<PropertyGroup Label="Globals"> ... <!-- <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>10.0.16299.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion> --> </PropertyGroup>
Add this new property group which gets evaluated by VS/MSBuild to the latest installed SDK version:
<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(WindowsTargetPlatformVersion)'==''"> <!-- Latest Target Version property --> <LatestTargetPlatformVersion>$([Microsoft.Build.Utilities.ToolLocationHelper]::GetLatestSDKTargetPlatformVersion('Windows', '10.0'))</LatestTargetPlatformVersion> <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion Condition="'$(WindowsTargetPlatformVersion)' == ''">$(LatestTargetPlatformVersion)</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion> <TargetPlatformVersion>$(WindowsTargetPlatformVersion)</TargetPlatformVersion> </PropertyGroup>
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