Windows

Re-target the Windows SDK

If you see these types of errors:

This is because the template project was created in an older version of Visual Studio. To fix:

• Right click on every project
• select Retarget Projects
• click Ok.
• Next, rebuild the project.If you create a new project in the future you will need to repeat these steps.

Distributing a Cocos2d-x app on Windows

Note: this falls outside of the realm of Cocos2d-x. Please consult Microsoft resources for assistance.

If you try to run a game created with Cocos2d-x on a non-development machine, it may be required for this machine to have the Visual Studio runtime installed. The easiest way is to create an installer for your game, but it is possible to do it without by installing all required pieces manually.

• Use Dependency Walker to check what DLLs your game requires.

• Install the required Visual Studio runtime. Microsoft has now merged VS2015, 2017 and 2019 runtimes into one, which you can find here.

For the installer, check these posts:

• InnoSetup (also shows you a sample for how to install the VS C++ runtime using it).

• Sample InnoSetup script for Cocos2d-x here.