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What is "Platform Toolset" setting in visual studio project

I have three doubts. Anyone there for help?

  1. What is the "Platform Toolset" project setting in VS project
  2. Why such setting required
  3. What happen, if I change the setting (v110 to v100)
Solution

  • It is an MSBuild property that controls the specific version of the platform toolset that you want to use.

    More info here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/hh454232%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

    Most likely you want to use the last stable Windows SDK. You can check the toolset that you are using looking at your Visual Studio project file (.vcxproj), looking for this XML entry:

    <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'"
      Label="Configuration">
  <ConfigurationType>Driver</ConfigurationType>
  <DriverType>KMDF</DriverType>
  <PlatformToolset>WindowsKernelModeDriver8.1</PlatformToolset>
</PropertyGroup>