Windows 2000 version 5.0 beta won't compile VC++ Apps

[Duncan]

Good afternoon,

I moved a copy of Visual Studio 6 onto my laptop which
runs Windows 2000 version 5.0.2195 with Service Pack 2.
When I try to compile any app in CPP I get the following
error message:

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NOTE: WINVER has been defined as 0x0500 or greater which
enables
Windows NT 5.0 and Windows 98 features. When these headers
were released,
Windows NT 5.0 beta 1 and Windows 98 beta 2.1 were the
current versions.
For this release when WINVER is defined as 0x0500 or
greater, you can only
build beta or test applications. To build a retail
application,
set WINVER to 0x0400 or visit
http://www.microsoft.com/msdn/sdk
to see if retail Windows NT 5.0 or Windows 98 headers are
available.
See the SDK release notes for more information.

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I have searched the SDK and Knowledge Base and the only
possibly helpful links I have found are dead. Can anyone
tell me where to get the appropriate headers etc or how to
set WINVER to 4.0?

Thank you in advance for any assistance that anyone can
provide,
Duncan

 

[John Phillips]

Update your Platform SDK version.

http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/