Visual Studio C++ project on another PC fails to build

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Tested with the following setup:

Home - VS2017 or VS2019
Classroom - VS2013 or VS2015.

I do code at home, then copy to my flash drive, bring it to the classroom and open a project from their PCs. Upon compilation I receive a big list of errors accessing standard header files, similar to this. Happens to me with every project I create at home, and the other way around: from the classroom to home PC.

This is something that doesn't happen with C# projects, which only ask me to change the .net framework version before opening, everything works fine here.

Do you have a question? – Thomas Woelfer Dec 05 '19 at 13:53 — Thomas Woelfer, Dec 05 '19 at 13:53

Akshay Oswal · Answer 1 · 2019-12-05T14:47:18.530

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If you created a project in VS2013 and try to open it in VS2017 or VS2019 you might need additional changes.

Check this out- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/porting/port-migrate-and-upgrade-visual-studio-projects?view=vs-2019

If you created a project in the latest version say VS2019, it is very difficult to open it in older versions such as VS2013.

edited Dec 05 '19 at 14:47

answered Dec 05 '19 at 14:40

Akshay Oswal

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 05 '19 at 14:48

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To fix it set the Omnipath to latest in vscode settings

answered Dec 05 '19 at 14:48

Sridhar P

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Well clearly there's no mentions of VSCode in the OP – xt1zer Dec 05 '19 at 15:11
if you search in extensions you will find it as C# install it – Sridhar P Dec 06 '19 at 03:21

Visual Studio C++ project on another PC fails to build

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