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Error message when VS 2015 build tools exist but not the SDK needs to be better #41151

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Error message when VS 2015 build tools exist but not the SDK needs to be better#41151
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A-diagnosticsArea: Messages for errors, warnings, and lintsC-enhancementCategory: An issue proposing an enhancement or a PR with one.E-help-wantedCall for participation: Help is requested to fix this issue.O-windows-msvcToolchain: MSVC, Operating system: WindowsT-compilerRelevant to the compiler team, which will review and decide on the PR/issue.
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opened on Apr 8, 2017

Today on Widows we tell users to install the MSVC 2015 build tools and the Windows SDK. If they install the build tools but not the Windows SDK they just get a mysterious linker error. It would be preferable to detect this situation and print a purpose-specific error.

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A-diagnosticsArea: Messages for errors, warnings, and lintsC-enhancementCategory: An issue proposing an enhancement or a PR with one.E-help-wantedCall for participation: Help is requested to fix this issue.O-windows-msvcToolchain: MSVC, Operating system: WindowsT-compilerRelevant to the compiler team, which will review and decide on the PR/issue.

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