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Windows 10 SDK 10.0.10586 is missing after VS2015 Update 2 installation

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Tuesday, April 5, 2016 10:58 AM | 1 vote

Hi, 

I recently installed VS2015 Update 2 and all my existing UWP projects do not load anymore. This is also true for any UWP projects I try to create. I've got a popup that says "Visual Studio update required - the project requires a platform SDK (UAP, Version=10.0.10586.0).

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=CB1C855B05FD7903!94030&authkey=!ADrAOB2NFQ_uutQ&v=3&ithint=photo%2cpng

When I click the link on the popup I get redirected to SDK archive 

I try to install Windows 10 SDK but it gives me the wrong version - 10.0.26624

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=CB1C855B05FD7903!94029&authkey=!AHJTwA_5ZvEEc14&v=3&ithint=photo%2cpng

The things I've already tried:

  1. repairing VS2015 - no errors were discovered
  2. uninstalling VS2015 and installing it again
  3. rolling back to a System restore point that I created before installing VS2015 update 2

Does anyone have any ideas how can I fix the issue?

Thank you!

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Thursday, April 7, 2016 1:09 PM ✅Answered | 1 vote

Sara, thanks for your response. I'm not sure but I think I tried installing that SDK and the result was the same - VS didn't recognize it or the installation didn't finish successfully. 

I could not think of another option but to reset my windows and install everything from scratch. Once again this proves to be the only working solution when upgrading VS and it worked this time too. Too bad there is no other way, but hopefully it will be better in future.

Wednesday, April 6, 2016 6:17 AM

Dear srmrco,

Welcome to the MSDN forum.

What’s your VS 2015 edition? According to your description, VS reminders the project requires a platform SDK Version is 10.0.10586.0, but when you redirected to the SDK whose version is 10.0.26624, it looks like a higher version, have you tried to install it, then reopen VS and access the existing UWP projects? If not, please try it, and I will try to install VS 2015 Update 2 and check the built-in SDK version, I will let you know if I have any update.

Meanwhile, I recommend you try to install the standalone SDK installer or Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 with Windows developer tools from this: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads, it looks like have the version 10.0.10586.15 as below and 10.0.10586, after installed successfully, reopen VS and try to create a new UWP project and see if it works or not.

Best regards,

Sara

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Friday, April 8, 2016 9:15 AM

Dear srmrco,

Thank you for your update.

I'm so sorry for the trouble, and finally your issue is solved. If you have any other issue, please feel free to let me know.

Best regards,

Sara

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Friday, April 8, 2016 5:17 PM

I managed to fix it by:

  1.        Make sure your VS is closed and that you don’t have any emulator open
  2.        Open Settings -> System -> Apps & features
  3.        In the list find Windows 10 for Mobile Image – 10.0.10586.0
  4.        Uninstall it (Should be super quick, less than 3 seconds…)
  5.        Once done, in the same list find: Microsoft Visual Studio {edition} 2015 with Update 2
  6.        Tap Modify -> Modify and Accept the UAC prompt
  7.        Wait for the setup to load and then Tap on Modify
  8.        In the tree list locate:
    1.        Windows and Web Development -> Universal Windows App Development Tools -> Tools (1.3) and Windows 10 SDK (10.0.10586) (Note: you may have the tools 1.2 instead of 1.3)
    2.        Windows and Web Development -> Universal Windows App Development Tools -> Emulators for Windows 10 Mobile (10.0.10586)
  9.        Uncheck the 2 specified items and continue the process until uninstallation is done (if both are already unchecked, jump to step #15)
  10.    Once setup is done, close it and open VS just to make sure all changes are well “applied” in VS (just open it and let it load, you don’t need to open a solution). Then you can close VS again
  11.    Now go back to Settings -> System -> Apps & features
  12.    In the list find again: Microsoft Visual Studio {edition} 2015 with Update 2
  13.    Tap Modify -> Modify and Accept the UAC prompt
  14.    Find the same items in the tree list as step #8
  15.    Now check those 2 elements and continue the process until the installation is done.
  16.    You should now have fixed your issue.

Note: I don’t know if some steps that I mentioned are optional or not, this is just plan out what I did to fix the issue for myself.

Have a great day!

Friday, April 15, 2016 6:27 PM

I fixed this as follow:

1. Go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?prd=12514&pver=14.0&sbp=PlatformSDKMissing&plcid=0x409&o1=UAP,%20Version=10.0.10586.0

2. Download and install the Version 10.0.10586.15

3. That's it!

Friday, June 16, 2017 10:53 PM

I had even more wired issue.  In my case, I had already 10586 installed (I could see it in Control Panel) but VS2015 would not see it.  So, I uninstaled 10586 from Control Panel, closed VS2015, then went to https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/sdk-archive and downloaded 10586 and installed it again.

-- d.