C1189: #error : "No Target Architecture"

Question

I have the following error when compiling :

c:\program files (x86)\windows kits\8.0\include\um\winnt.h(146): fatal error C1189: #error : "No Target Architecture"

Anyway I do not use Windows Kit in my project (or I didn't see it was included). And I tried to change the architecture target in my project with 32, 64 bits, and inherited. Nothing does. Any idea ?

EDIT : list of all the includes. The two first lines are from my project.

1>  Remarque : inclusion du fichier :  d:\visual studio 2012\netsdk_poc\mfc_netsdk2\mfc_netsdk2\stdafx.h
1>  Remarque : inclusion du fichier :   d:\visual studio 2012\netsdk_poc\mfc_netsdk2\mfc_netsdk2\Libs\\netsdk.h
1>  Remarque : inclusion du fichier :    C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\include\stddef.h
1>  Remarque : inclusion du fichier :     C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\include\crtdefs.h
1>  Remarque : inclusion du fichier :      C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\include\sal.h
1>  Remarque : inclusion du fichier :       C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\include\ConcurrencySal.h
1>  Remarque : inclusion du fichier :      C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\include\vadefs.h
1>  Remarque : inclusion du fichier :    C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\shared\windef.h
1>  Remarque : inclusion du fichier :     C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\shared\winapifamily.h
1>  Remarque : inclusion du fichier :     C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\shared\minwindef.h
1>  Remarque : inclusion du fichier :      C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\shared\specstrings.h
1>  Remarque : inclusion du fichier :       C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\shared\specstrings_strict.h
1>  Remarque : inclusion du fichier :        C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\shared\specstrings_undef.h
1>  Remarque : inclusion du fichier :       C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\shared\driverspecs.h
1>  Remarque : inclusion du fichier :        c:\program files (x86)\windows kits\8.0\include\shared\sdv_driverspecs.h
1>  Remarque : inclusion du fichier :      C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um\winnt.h
1>  Remarque : inclusion du fichier :       C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\include\ctype.h
1>  Remarque : inclusion du fichier :        C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\include\crtdefs.h
1>  Remarque : inclusion du fichier :       C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\shared\kernelspecs.h

I have a MFC app so I cannot include windows.h again ;) fatal error C1189: #error : WINDOWS.H already included. MFC apps must not #include — user2764048, Oct 10 '13 at 10:22
DoctorLove : Project Properties -> Linker -> Computer Target (I'm translating, in french it is "Ordinateur cible") — user2764048, Oct 10 '13 at 10:24
The linker sets linker settings. The error is coming from compiler preporcessor setting. — doctorlove, Oct 10 '13 at 10:45

score 7 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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The error lines say

#if defined(_AMD64_) || defined(_X86_)
#define PROBE_ALIGNMENT( _s ) TYPE_ALIGNMENT( DWORD )
#elif defined(_IA64_) || defined(_ARM_)
#define PROBE_ALIGNMENT( _s ) (TYPE_ALIGNMENT( _s ) > TYPE_ALIGNMENT( DWORD ) ? \
                              TYPE_ALIGNMENT( _s ) : TYPE_ALIGNMENT( DWORD ))
#elif !defined(RC_INVOKED)
#error "No Target Architecture"
#endif

You have #included that header, possibly indirectly by including another header. You can tell VS2012 to list all the includes it uses by setting "Show Includes" to yes in the Properties | C/C++ | Advanced project menu. Then try not including the header that is dragging in winnt.h if you don't need it.

winnt.h can cause trouble e.g. see here

edit
So, the precompile header includes windef.h which includes the offending header. Try removing the line from the precompiled header.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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answered Oct 10 '13 at 10:18

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I'm gonna see this trick doctorLove. I absolutely wanted to list all the includes ! – user2764048 Oct 10 '13 at 10:25
OK just to be sure you mean I have to check if winnt is not included twice or more in my project ? – user2764048 Oct 10 '13 at 10:32
No not at all - you said you didn't use winnt, so I am trying to help you find out what does so you can remove it – doctorlove Oct 10 '13 at 10:39
OK i've searched how to access the pch. I found many sources explaining what the pch is but no how to modify it directly. Could you please explain me this ? – user2764048 Oct 10 '13 at 12:28
I have understood it was linked with stdafx and that it was updated during each generation. I've looked in stdafx but there was not winnt.h – user2764048 Oct 10 '13 at 12:37
"The precompile header includes windef.h *which includes the offending header*" – doctorlove Oct 10 '13 at 13:18
Yes I had understood. But I wouldlike to access the precompile header ;) – user2764048 Oct 10 '13 at 13:31
I believe this is a wrong answer and it is not fixing the problem but instead is avoiding it. – Ayman Salah Feb 28 '17 at 15:27
You could be right - feel free to post a better answer if you have one. This will or did show where the prolem was coming from – doctorlove Feb 28 '17 at 15:31

C1189: #error : "No Target Architecture"

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