Setting build environment to target Windows Vista Sp1

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You can use the switches shown below to target different operating systems from within the SDK build environment. To target Windows Vista you should use the /vista switch. To target Windows Vista Sp1 (or Windows 2008) you should use the /2008 switch. Launch the Windows SDK build environment (Start, All Programs, Microsoft Windows SDK, CMD Shell) and change directories to the \Bin folder. At the prompt, type setenv /[desired OS switch]

For a listing of the available switches, type:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.1\Bin>setenv /?

Usage: "Setenv [/Debug | /Release][/x86 | /x64 | /ia64][/vista | /xp | /2003 | /

2008 ][-h or /?]"

/Debug - Create a Debug configuration build environment

/Release - Create a Release configuration build environment

/x86 - Create 32-bit x86 applications

/x64 - Create 64-bit x64 applications

/ia64 - Create 64-bit ia64 applications

/vista - Windows Vista applications

/xp - Create Windows XP SP2 applications

/2003 - Create Windows Server 2003 applications

/2008 - Create Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista Sp1 applications