visual studio 2012 adding new header file

Question

In Visual Studio 2012 (C++ environment), for a Win32 console application, I need to include a new header file to my project. I tried copying the files in the project\'s location

Answer 1

The easiest way to do this is:

1. Right click on the header file (to be included) in the Solution explorer.
2. General->"Excluded from the build"
3. Select "No" from the drop down list
4. Click "OK".

In VS2012, just using '"' instead of '<>' around the header file in include also works.