File 'Windows.props' not found

Question

I have install Windows 8.1 and after that I install Visual Studio Express 2013, which includes Update 2 RC.So when I run any application then it gives me the error

Answer 1

have you checked for the existence of a SYSTEM level environment variable called windowsSDKDir? and try removing it?(make a note of its value first in case you need to re-instate it at some point). For some this appears to have been causing the error. It is not clear at this stage what creates this.