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diff --git a/Help/generator/Visual Studio 14 2015.rst b/Help/generator/Visual Studio 14 2015.rst index 401845d..5b319bb 100644 --- a/Help/generator/Visual Studio 14 2015.rst +++ b/Help/generator/Visual Studio 14 2015.rst @@ -45,3 +45,19 @@ via the :manual:`cmake(1)` ``-T`` option, to specify another toolset. By default this generator uses the 32-bit variant even on a 64-bit host. .. include:: VS_TOOLSET_HOST_ARCH.txt + +.. _`Windows 10 SDK Maximum Version for VS 2015`: + +Windows 10 SDK Maximum Version for VS 2015 +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Microsoft stated in a "Windows 10 October 2018 Update" blog post that Windows +10 SDK versions (15063, 16299, 17134, 17763) are not supported by VS 2015 and +are only supported by VS 2017 and later. Therefore by default CMake +automatically ignores Windows 10 SDKs beyond ``10.0.14393.0``. + +However, there are other recommendations for certain driver/Win32 builds that +indicate otherwise. A user can override this behavior by either setting the +:variable:`CMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION_MAXIMUM` to a false value +or setting the :variable:`CMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION_MAXIMUM` to +the string value of the required maximum (e.g. ``10.0.15063.0``). |