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Microsoft.Cpp.Win32.user.props file missing

A few days ago, I set up a Windows 10 by clean installation and then installed Visual Studio 2019 Community on it.

Now, I want to customize Microsoft.Cpp.Win32.user.props and Microsoft.Cpp.x64.user.props files to add additional include paths for all my VC++ projects.

But I can't find these files on my brand-new machine. They should be located at %localappdata%\Microsoft\MSBuild\v4.0, but there is no MSBuild directory.

Does it mean that the installation of Visual Studio failed, or do I need some additional procedures to create default *.user.props files? I've confirmed that the VC++ can build a simple hello-world project.

Edit: Attached a screenshot of the Property Manager. There is no user property sheet.

Property Manager

Solution

  • According to Microsoft, VS 2019 no longer creates the .props files by default.

    From Cannot see Microsoft.Cpp.Win32.user in Property Manager:

    The behavior is intended. Visual Studio 2019 will not create .user files anymore. But if .user files already exist, projects will automatically import them.