Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #5078: Can't build bjam with bootstrap.bat in 1_45_0 https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/5078 <p> Fresh download of 1_45_0. Using Visual Studio 2008 SP1, on Windows 2008 R2 64-bit </p> <p> From either a normal command prompt, or Visual Studio 2008 command prompt (where environment is initialized), running bootstart.bat (no parameters) fails "to build Boost.jam build engine" </p> <p> execnt.c(29) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'windows.h': No such file or directory (on a few different files) </p> <p> Attached env.txt (environment variables) and bjam.log </p> en-us Boost C++ Libraries /htdocs/site/boost.png https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/5078 Trac 1.4.3 anonymous Sat, 15 Jan 2011 19:27:19 GMT attachment set https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/5078 https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/5078 <ul> <li><strong>attachment</strong> → <span class="trac-field-new">env.txt</span> </li> </ul> Ticket anonymous Sat, 15 Jan 2011 19:27:41 GMT attachment set https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/5078 https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/5078 <ul> <li><strong>attachment</strong> → <span class="trac-field-new">bjam.log</span> </li> </ul> Ticket anonymous Sun, 16 Jan 2011 02:30:14 GMT <link>https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/5078#comment:1 </link> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/5078#comment:1</guid> <description> <p> Sorry, environment problem. </p> <p> For anyone that comes after, if you install different Windows SDKs, PDKs, etc, your WindowsSDKDir environment variable will point to them instead of what came with Visual Studio. </p> <p> To fix this (for Visual Studio 2008), set </p> <p> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows <a class="missing wiki">CurrentInstallFolder</a>?=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0a\ </p> </description> <category>Ticket</category> </item> <item> <dc:creator>Steven Watanabe</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 20:08:31 GMT</pubDate> <title>status changed; resolution set https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/5078#comment:2 https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/5078#comment:2 <ul> <li><strong>status</strong> <span class="trac-field-old">new</span> → <span class="trac-field-new">closed</span> </li> <li><strong>resolution</strong> → <span class="trac-field-new">invalid</span> </li> </ul> Ticket anonymous Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:47:53 GMT <link>https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/5078#comment:3 </link> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/5078#comment:3</guid> <description> <p> what abt windows 7 and visual studio 2012? </p> </description> <category>Ticket</category> </item> </channel> </rss>