Won't let me open C++ projects

Development Programming & Scripting C++
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I keep getting this error:

Running F:/UE_4.14/Engine/Binaries/DotNET/UnrealBuildTool.exe MyProject10 Development Win64 -project=“C:/Users/Gabriel/Documents/Unreal Projects/MyProject10/MyProject10.uproject” -editorrecompile -progress -noubtmakefiles -NoHotReloadFromIDE
@progress push 5%
Parsing headers for MyProject10Editor
Running UnrealHeaderTool “C:\Users\Gabriel\Documents\Unreal Projects\MyProject10\MyProject10.uproject” “C:\Users\Gabriel\Documents\Unreal Projects\MyProject10\Intermediate\Build\Win64\MyProject10Editor\Development\MyProject10Editor.uhtmanifest” -LogCmds=“loginit warning, logexit warning, logdatabase error” -Unattended -WarningsAsErrors -installed
Reflection code generated for MyProject10Editor in 5.0940096 seconds
@progress pop
Performing 7 actions (2 in parallel)
[2/7] Resource PCLaunch.rc
F:\UE_4.14\Engine\Source\Runtime\Launch\Resources\Windows\PCLaunch.rc(10) : fatal error RC1015: cannot open include file ‘windows.h’.
PCH.MyProject10.h.cpp
[3/7] Resource ModuleVersionResource.rc.inl
F:\UE_4.14\Engine\Source\Runtime\Core\Resources\Windows\ModuleVersionResource.rc.inl(3) : fatal error RC1015: cannot open include file ‘windows.h’.
f:\ue_4.14\engine\source\runtime\core\public\Windows/MinWindows.h(62): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: ‘windows.h’: No such file or directory
ERROR: UBT ERROR: Failed to produce item: C:\Users\Gabriel\Documents\Unreal Projects\MyProject10\Binaries\Win64\UE4Editor-MyProject10.dll
Total build time: 12.58 seconds

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Hey there, make sure you have the required windows sdks. Is this your first time running?

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Yes it’s my first time. I have the SDKs but they’re on my C drive while UE is on my F drive. Could this be why I’m getting the error?

4

Moved the sdks to the F drive but still didn’t work.

5

Make sure you’ve followed the Visual Studio installation steps here.

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Thanks. Read it but it didn’t help

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Dont know much more what to suggest except unstalling ue 4 and visual studio and install it again following all of the steps in a disk location with permissions.

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Already tried installing and uninstalling.

9

See if doing any of this helps.

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Nope none of it helped. Maybe adding some code to the project from visual studio would fix it?

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Here’s the error I get in visual studio:

1>------ Build started: Project: UE4, Configuration: BuiltWithUnrealBuildTool Win32 ------
2>------ Build started: Project: MyProject3, Configuration: Development_Editor x64 ------
2>Compiling game modules for hot reload
2>Performing 9 actions (2 in parallel)
2>[2/9] Resource ModuleVersionResource.rc.inl
2>F:\UE_4.18\Engine\Source\Runtime\Core\Resources\Windows\ModuleVersionResource.rc.inl(3): fatal error RC1015: cannot open include file ‘windows.h’.
2>
2>[3/9] Resource PCLaunch.rc
2>F:\UE_4.18\Engine\Source\Runtime\Launch\Resources\Windows\PCLaunch.rc(10): fatal error RC1015: cannot open include file ‘windows.h’.
2>
2>SharedPCH.Engine.cpp
2>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.12.25827\INCLUDE\cstddef(7): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: ‘stddef.h’: No such file or directory
2>ERROR : UBT error : Failed to produce item: C:\Users\Gabriel\Documents\Unreal Projects\MyProject3\Binaries\Win64\UE4Editor-MyProject3-1108.dll
2>Total build time: 2.25 seconds (Local executor: 0.00 seconds)
2>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Microsoft.MakeFile.Targets(44,5): error MSB3075: The command “F:\UE_4.18\Engine\Build\BatchFiles\Build.bat MyProject3Editor Win64 Development “C:\Users\Gabriel\Documents\Unreal Projects\MyProject3\MyProject3.uproject” -waitmutex” exited with code 5. Please verify that you have sufficient rights to run this command.
2>Done building project “MyProject3.vcxproj” – FAILED.
========== Build: 1 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

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You could try it, but doubt it.

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I tried to add some code around that include h thing from that link you sent me but it didn’t work hence the error above.