How to get Windows.h and associated filesI

I am trying to find the header file Windows.h and the associated header files in order to compile a piece of code I am developing. Can anyone help. I've tried downloading Visual Studio 2008 SDK as recommended elsewhere but no joy.

"Please complete/update your pc specs, so we can help you.:

I posted my system specs.

Quite strange that whatever C/C++ IDE you're using for developing doesn't actually include those. Any Windows development environment must include this and all other headers it includes for any kind of programming.

Does a simple

Code:

#include <windows.h>

throws any compilation error?

I tried compilation of

#include <windows.h>

with no comilation errors. That's good, but an indexed search of my computer cannot find windows.h or any of it's related header files. Can anyone explain why that's the case.

If it compiles correctly, the file is somewhere in the computer, but it appears that the search cannot find it. I would not trus too much the built in Win7 file search, as that index seems to get outdated quite easily and misses many files. Just use a more serios search tool and you'll find it. Most likely, those header files will be located in the program folder of the IDE.

Thanks, I'll look for a more serious search engine for my PC,