WinNt.h compile errors

Question

I have a new C++ project in Eclipse. I had to add all the include paths manually, and I must have screwed something up. Here is my code:

#include <winsock2.h>
int main() {
    return 0;
}

I can compile the same code in Visual Studio no problem, but I get many and sundry compiler errors in Eclipse. Am I forgetting to include something? Or am I including too much? Any ideas?

I did include the WS2_32 library, as well.

I'm on Windows 8 x64 using the msvc 2010 compiler.

I searched for this for quite awhile, but all the answers were about including winsock before you include windows.h, but I'm not including windows.h at all. Plus, this exact same code compiles correctly in MSVC; therefore, I have a setting wrong in Eclipse.

At the risk of getting tl;dr'ed, here is the spew:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\winnt.h(1243) : error C2065: 'SAL_sameIRQL' : undeclared identifier
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\winnt.h(1246) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\winnt.h(1246) : error C2513: 'int' : no variable declared before '='
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\winnt.h(1246) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'EXCEPTION_DISPOSITION'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\winnt.h(1246) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '__stdcall'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\winnt.h(1246) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\winnt.h(1246) : error C2377: 'EXCEPTION_DISPOSITION' : redefinition; typedef cannot be overloaded with any other symbol
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\include\excpt.h(40) : see declaration of 'EXCEPTION_DISPOSITION'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\winnt.h(1252) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\winnt.h(1254) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '*'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\winnt.h(1254) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\winnt.h(1254) : error C2365: 'EXCEPTION_ROUTINE' : redefinition; previous definition was 'function'
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\winnt.h(1247) : see declaration of 'EXCEPTION_ROUTINE'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\winnt.h(1254) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\winnt.h(10749) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'Handler'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\winnt.h(10749) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\winnt.h(10749) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\winnt.h(16638) : error C2144: syntax error : 'PSLIST_ENTRY' should be preceded by ','
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\winnt.h(16646) : error C2144: syntax error : 'PSLIST_ENTRY' should be preceded by ','
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\heapapi.h(124) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier '_SA_annotes1'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\heapapi.h(125) : error C2059: syntax error : ')'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\heapapi.h(125) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ')' before ';'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\processthreadsapi.h(204) : error C2144: syntax error : 'LPVOID' should be preceded by ','
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\sysinfoapi.h(189) : error C2065: 'SAL_preferredFunction' : undeclared identifier
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\sysinfoapi.h(192) : error C2448: '_SA_annotes2' : function-style initializer appears to be a function definition
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\sysinfoapi.h(192) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '__stdcall'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\sysinfoapi.h(351) : error C2065: 'COMPUTER_NAME_FORMAT' : undeclared identifier
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\sysinfoapi.h(351) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ')' before identifier 'NameType'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\sysinfoapi.h(351) : warning C4229: anachronism used : modifiers on data are ignored
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\sysinfoapi.h(351) : error C2491: 'GetComputerNameExA' : definition of dllimport data not allowed
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\sysinfoapi.h(354) : error C2059: syntax error : ')'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\sysinfoapi.h(361) : error C2065: 'COMPUTER_NAME_FORMAT' : undeclared identifier
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\sysinfoapi.h(361) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ')' before identifier 'NameType'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\sysinfoapi.h(361) : warning C4229: anachronism used : modifiers on data are ignored
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\sysinfoapi.h(361) : error C2491: 'GetComputerNameExW' : definition of dllimport data not allowed
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\sysinfoapi.h(364) : error C2059: syntax error : ')'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\sysinfoapi.h(383) : error C2065: 'COMPUTER_NAME_FORMAT' : undeclared identifier
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\sysinfoapi.h(383) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ')' before identifier 'NameType'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\sysinfoapi.h(383) : warning C4229: anachronism used : modifiers on data are ignored
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\sysinfoapi.h(383) : error C2491: 'SetComputerNameExW' : definition of dllimport data not allowed
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\sysinfoapi.h(385) : error C2059: syntax error : ')'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\memoryapi.h(429) : error C2065: 'MEMORY_RESOURCE_NOTIFICATION_TYPE' : undeclared identifier
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\memoryapi.h(430) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ')' before identifier 'NotificationType'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\memoryapi.h(430) : warning C4229: anachronism used : modifiers on data are ignored
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\memoryapi.h(430) : error C2491: 'CreateMemoryResourceNotification' : definition of dllimport data not allowed
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\memoryapi.h(430) : error C2059: syntax error : ')'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\memoryapi.h(536) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'PWIN32_MEMORY_RANGE_ENTRY'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\threadpoolapiset.h(341) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'PTP_WIN32_IO_CALLBACK'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\bemapiset.h(54) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'BEM_FREE_INTERFACE_CALLBACK'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\bemapiset.h(64) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\bemapiset.h(64) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ',' before '*'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\bemapiset.h(73) : error C2065: 'BEM_REFERENCE' : undeclared identifier
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\bemapiset.h(73) : error C2065: 'reference' : undeclared identifier
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\bemapiset.h(74) : error C2065: 'BEM_REFERENCE' : undeclared identifier
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\bemapiset.h(75) : error C2065: 'copiedReference' : undeclared identifier
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\bemapiset.h(75) : warning C4229: anachronism used : modifiers on data are ignored
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\bemapiset.h(75) : error C2078: too many initializers
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\bemapiset.h(81) : error C2065: 'BEM_REFERENCE' : undeclared identifier
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\bemapiset.h(82) : error C2065: 'reference' : undeclared identifier
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\bemapiset.h(82) : warning C4229: anachronism used : modifiers on data are ignored
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\bemapiset.h(82) : error C2182: 'BemFreeReference' : illegal use of type 'void'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\bemapiset.h(82) : fatal error C1903: unable to recover from previous error(s); stopping compilation

Answer 1

If possible, try using the 7.1 or 7.0 SDK instead of 8.0/8.1. We are having similar issues with the 8.0 SDK.