# VS: Select Windows SDK version

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/vs-select-windows-sdk-version/5603
**Category:** Usage
**Tags:** os:windows, comp:msvc, gen:makefiles, gen:vs
**Created:** [May 3, 2022, 9:53am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/vs-select-windows-sdk-version/5603 "2022-05-03T09:53:00Z")
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### Author: ![flaviu2](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/74df32/32.png) [@flaviu2](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/flaviu2)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2022, 8:52am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/vs-select-windows-sdk-version/5603/7 "2022-05-11T08:52:43Z")

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Even if I got another errors, I guess my reported issue has been solved:

```auto
C:\Project\my-project>make
mkdir -p build; \
        cd build; \
        cmake ../ -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:/Project/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake
-- Selecting Windows SDK version 10.0.17763.0 to target Windows 10.0.19044.
-- The CXX compiler identification is MSVC 19.16.27045.0
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - failed
-- Check for working CXX compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.16.27023/bin/Hostx86/x86/cl.exe
-- Check for working CXX compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.16.27023/bin/Hostx86/x86/cl.exe - broken
CMake Error at C:/Home/Flaviu/cmake-3.21.1-windows-x86_64/share/cmake-3.21/Modules/CMakeTestCXXCompiler.cmake:62 (message):
  The C++ compiler

    "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.16.27023/bin/Hostx86/x86/cl.exe"

  is not able to compile a simple test program.

```

Note: **Selecting Windows SDK version 10.0.17763.0 to target Windows 10.0.19044.**

So, I thank you for your assistance and implication !

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