Specifying a Target Platform; · The compilers that came with the Windows SDK 71 were the Visual C 10 compilers, so all the platform toolset did here was to redirect the Windows headers and libraries to the Windows SDK directory Another thing to note is that any SDK ending with an A isn't a Windows SDK, it is a NET framework SDKSelect your compilers You can set C and C compilers with cacheVariablesCMAKE_C_COMPILER and cacheVariablesCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER in a Configure Preset This is equivalent to passing D CMAKE_C_COMPILER= and D CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER= to CMake from the command line For more information, see
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