2019 Visual Studio Community: error MSB4019 msbuild help

[stephen147]

I'm getting an error code: error MSB4019. Google machine didn't help much.

I've just installed VS and everything is up to date. Any help would be appreciated.

"C:\Users\user\Desktop\KeyCastOW-master\keycastow.vcxproj" (default target) (1) ->
  C:\Users\user\Desktop\KeyCastOW-master\keycastow.vcxproj(34,3): error MSB4019: The imported project "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" was not found. Confirm that the path in the <Import> declaration is correct, and that the file exists on disk.

    0 Warning(s)
    1 Error(s)

Time Elapsed 00:00:00.22

[stephen147]

I've fixed the issue help. See here:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/56726874/8262102

TLDR
Open the keycastow.vcxproj with notepad, change here the <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset> to <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset> to use the VC++ 2019 platform or change the version via UI

In Visual Studio, in Solution Explorer, open the shortcut menu for
your project (not for your solution) and then choose Properties to
open your project Property Pages dialog box.

1. In the Property Pages dialog box, open the Configuration drop-down list and then select All Configurations.

2. In the left pane of the dialog box, expand Configuration Properties and then select General.

3. In the right pane, select Platform Toolset and then select the toolset you want from the drop-down list (2019 - v142 in your case)

4. Choose the OK button.

Now you compile the project without installing anything.