[wix-devs] wix3 solution setup

[Bob Arnson]

The WiX props files are looking for the version of the Windows 7 SDK included with older versions of Visual Studio.

Likewise, WiX doesn't know about the newer Windows SDKs in VS2017; VS2017 always defaults to the latest Windows SDK and the WiX props don't try to look them all up. You can install the older version it knows about or the 8.1 SDK, both of which are options in the C++ desktop workload.

-----Original Message-----
From: wix-devs [mailto:wix-devs-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Joseph L. Casale via wix-devs
Sent: Tuesday, 19 December, 2017 11:44
To: WiX Toolset Developer Mailing List <wix-devs at lists.wixtoolset.org>
Cc: Joseph L. Casale <jcasale at activenetwerx.com>
Subject: Re: [wix-devs] wix3 solution setup

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Arnson [mailto:bob at firegiant.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2017 9:02 AM
To: WiX Toolset Developer Mailing List <wix-devs at lists.wixtoolset.org>
Cc: Joseph L. Casale <jcasale at activenetwerx.com>
Subject: RE: wix3 solution setup

> Just because it's explicit doesn't mean that it's *right*. 😊 It's a 
> generic "couldn't find a supported SDK" error; the message should say 
> that. All the SDKs are detected via 
> https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/blob/develop/tools/WixBuild.props.

Ok, I redeployed a vm and I trying to get this resolved. I have found that installing the "Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4"
v7.1 (7.1.7600.0.30514) first with the reg hacks succeeds and a complete install is successful. I then installed vs2017 and I still get the build errors from both VS and the cli.

My msbuild knowledge is weak, however looking at file WixBuild.props file, it appears it checks for versions of the SDK which are older than I have.

For Win 10, I have 10.0.16299 instead of 10.0.14393.0, and for Win 7 I have
7.1 (7.1.7600.0.30514) and not 7.1A (7.1.51106) for example.

Thanks for the help guys,
jlc
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