"The Windows 10 Creators Update SDK made some significant changes to what is installed as part of the installation to minimize on-disk footprint. This is a Known Issue that results from that refactoring work where the "desktop" components of the Creators Update SDK do not get installed by default. The previous new project logic always selected the latest Windows 10 SDK, assuming the desktop portions were installed as part of that installation scenario. We are working on a fix for a future update.
The workarounds available are as follows:
1. Select a version of the Windows 10 SDK that's fully installed on the system (i.e. 10.0.14393.0 or earlier) in the Project Properties
2. Install the 'Windows 10 SDK (10.0.15063.0) for Desktop' component via the Visual Studio Installer. win10sdk-15063desktop.png
Daniel Griffing,
Visual C++ Libraries"