windows.h include file not found

[stevegt]

Hi All,

Does anyone know why this build on windows might be failing? It's not finding windows.h, but I'm not sure which windows.h it's looking for, or how to tell ninja or automate-git.py where to find it. I'm a 20-year Linux person who's completely comfortable with make and autotools, but am not used to either chromium or cef build tools, have avoided windows for over a decade, and have now spent two days gnashing my teeth over trying to build CEF on windows. I've tried both the manual build of dev at MasterBuildQuickStart and the automated build of 2883 in BranchesAndBuilding. Both fail looking for the same file. I've googled around extensively and have found hints about other FOSS packages hitting incompatibilities with recent versions of Visual Studio and/or various windows SDK's, but no solutions that have worked yet.

Windows server 2008R2 SP1
Visual Studio Community 2015 14.0.25431.01 u3
Windows SDK 10.0.14393.795

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c:\code\chromium_git\chromium\src>ninja -C out\Debug_GN_x86 cef
ninja: Entering directory `out\Debug_GN_x86'
[3/26457] CXX obj/base/base_paths/base_paths_win.obj
FAILED: obj/base/base_paths/base_paths_win.obj
ninja -t msvc -e environment.x86 -- "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Stu
dio 14.0\VC\BIN\amd64_x86/cl.exe" /nologo /showIncludes /FC @obj/base/base_paths
/base_paths_win.obj.rsp /c ../../base/base_paths_win.cc /Foobj/base/base_paths/b
ase_paths_win.obj /Fd"obj/base/base_paths_cc.pdb"
c:\code\chromium_git\chromium\src\base\base_paths_win.cc(5): fatal error C1083:
Cannot open include file: 'windows.h': No such file or directory
[4/26457] CXX obj/base/base_static/pe_image.obj
FAILED: obj/base/base_static/pe_image.obj
ninja -t msvc -e environment.x86 -- "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Stu
dio 14.0\VC\BIN\amd64_x86/cl.exe" /nologo /showIncludes /FC @obj/base/base_stati
c/pe_image.obj.rsp /c ../../base/win/pe_image.cc /Foobj/base/base_static/pe_imag
e.obj /Fd"obj/base/base_static_cc.pdb"
c:\code\chromium_git\chromium\src\base\win\pe_image.h(14): fatal error C1083: Ca
nnot open include file: 'windows.h': No such file or directory
[5/26457] CXX obj/base/base_paths/base_paths.obj
FAILED: obj/base/base_paths/base_paths.obj
ninja -t msvc -e environment.x86 -- "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Stu
dio 14.0\VC\BIN\amd64_x86/cl.exe" /nologo /showIncludes /FC @obj/base/base_paths
/base_paths.obj.rsp /c ../../base/base_paths.cc /Foobj/base/base_paths/base_path
s.obj /Fd"obj/base/base_paths_cc.pdb"
c:\code\chromium_git\chromium\src\base\time\time.h(79): fatal error C1083: Canno
t open include file: 'windows.h': No such file or directory


[stevegt]

Anyone know how to tell ninja to tell the compiler the equivalent of '-I /some/dir'? The ninja docs at https://ninja-build.org/manual.html don't discuss this -- they're more... philosophical.

I found a likely-looking windows.h in

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C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.14393.0\um\windows.h

Trying to figure out how to tell ninja how to tell the compiler to include that directory.

[magreenblatt]

2883 branch requires the 10586 SDK as mentioned on the BranchesAndBuilding Wiki page. Try installing that SDK version and possibly re-installing Visual Studio. See viewtopic.php?f=10&t=14743&start=10#p33323 for a related issue.

[stevegt]

Hi Marshall!

I'll try uninstalling VS and the 14393 SDK and reinstalling with 10586. This'll take a few hours; I'll let you know how it goes...

Thanks,

Steve

[lym]

2883 branch requires the 10586 SDK as mentioned on the BranchesAndBuilding Wiki page. Try installing that SDK version and possibly re-installing Visual Studio. See viewtopic.php?f=10&t=14743&start=10#p33323 for a related issue.

Hi magreenblatt：
Thank you for your suggestion, in this way, I solved the problem of windows.h when compiling the 2785 branch.
But when I compile 2987 or newer branch, I encountered this windows.h problem again.
Does I just need to install windows 10 sdk 14393 and uninstalll 10586? Anything else I need to do?
Any Suggestions?

Thanks a lot !

[magreenblatt]

2883 branch requires the 10586 SDK as mentioned on the BranchesAndBuilding Wiki page. Try installing that SDK version and possibly re-installing Visual Studio. See http://magpcss.org/ceforum/viewtopic.ph ... =10#p33323 for a related issue.

Hi magreenblatt：
Thank you for your suggestion, in this way, I solved the problem of windows.h when compiling the 2785 branch.
But when I compile 2987 or newer branch, I encountered this windows.h problem again.
Does I just need to install windows 10 sdk 14393 and uninstalll 10586? Anything else I need to do?
Any Suggestions?

Thanks a lot !

You're correct that 2987 branch requires the 14393 adk. You do not need to uninstall the 10586 sdk.

[Dmitry]

Hy everyone!
I had the same problem when compiling the 3029 branch. Soluton was to install SDK 14393 instead of SDK 15063. Before installing 14393 i deinstalled old version and removed folder "Windows Kit". VS2015 re-installing isn't required.