Problems reading windows.h

[yaya]

So it seems my my windows.h is dead in VS2008 C++. Before, it worked fine and nothing was wrong with it. But just yesterday, it started saying that everything windows related is not declared, found, identified, etc...
Just to clear things up, I am including windows.h and windows.h is in the correct directory yet I haven't touched anything. It can't be the code because I am litterally recompiling code that worked just the other day. When I right-click on the #include <windows.h> and go to "Go to header file", it doesn't do anything. When I right-click on a windows variable and go to "Go to definition/declaration", it says there is none.
I also tried reinstalling VS2008, but no luck.

I don't know what else to say. Any help is much appreciated.

[Salem]

Are you using precompiled headers?

[yaya]

I go to "Rebuild Solution", so I assume that it rebuilds everything from the beginning.

[Salem]

Quit visual studio

Make a backup of the entire directory (source code, project files, build directories).

Then delete
- debug and release directories
- anything in the top level directory which you didn't specifically create, and which isn't .dsp/.dsw/.sln

You should just have your source code and the initial project files.
Everything else can/should be recreated when you next start visual studio, or do a build.
If it complains about missing files, then that's what your backup is for

Or you could try first
- build (clean)
- build (rebuild all)

[yaya]

I tried all of that, Salem, but to no avail. What do you think would happen if I deleted my entire include directory in the VS2008 folder and then reinstalled VS? Do you think it would replace all the missing files and maybe fix the problem... or would I just be digging my own grave?

Thanks for the help, though!

[matsp]

Are you including any other file BEFORE windows.h? If so, have you perhaps made a mistake with a brace or something like that in that header file?

--
Mats

[yaya]

No, just the standard stdafx.h. Some of the source code I am trying used before and worked fine. I even got code from Forger's but I get the same thing. I pretty sure it's VS-related.

[yaya]

Well, I fixed the problem. For future reference: I deleted (and backed up) the "Microsoft SDKs/Windows/" folder and then reinstalled VS2008. It seems to have done the trick.
Thanks everyone for your help!