Error while compiling a VC++ program

[yeggy]

Hi ..
I installed Microsoft VC++. I created a windows console application,created a cpp file. Everything was going okay , when suddenly, it started giving me the following error.

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Compiling...
try1.cpp
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\vc98\include\winnt.h(1092) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'KSPIN_LOCK'
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\vc98\include\winnt.h(1092) : fatal error C1004: unexpected end of file found
Error executing cl.exe.

try1.obj - 2 error(s), 0 warning(s
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I get this error even if I have an empty cpp file.
Can anybody tell me a fix for this?

Thanks

 

[Zyrenthian]

Double click on the error line and it will bring you to the problem. Either on the line before or the line you are on you will see a missing semi-color OR you are using an undefined type. Seems odd though because from the error, it seems the problem in in winnt.h itself.

Matt

 

[yeggy]

That is right, i don't understand as to why there should be a syntax error in winnt.h Also all my programs were working fine until sometime back,it started popping this error. I tried replacing winnt.h by copying from another computer that has VC ++. Another thing I saw was that my basestd.h file is 0 bytes.
Do you think that this is the problem. What is its usual size?

Thanks