Visual Studio 2013: "VC++ Directories" option missing

Question

I am currently in the process of switching from VS 2012 to VS 2013. My solution is a C++ application which refers to CodeJock (http://www.codejock.com/) and BCG (http://www.bcgsoft.com/).

And that's my problem: In VS 2012, I can add the paths to CodeJock and BCG by opening the Property Manager and adding the includes to the "Include Directories" section of the "VC++ Directories" node. In VS 2013, I don't have that node (and I also don't have it when right-clicking one of the projects of my solution). The only node I see below "Configuration Properties" is "Code Analysis".

However, if I create a new C++ project in VS 2013, the option is available.

Surprisingly, some of my co-workers have already performed the switch to VS 2013, and they didn't have that issue.

My question is: What can I do to make that option appear in VS 2013 for my solution?

Answer 1

I found a solution for my problem. Since I needed to get some work done, I started VS 2012 and configured it such that I could work, which I did. Later on, a co-worker suggested (without too much hope) that I should try the Windows Compatibility Assistant, which figured that VS 2013 should use compatibility settings for Windows 8 (I'm using 8.1). Curious if that would have an effect, I started VS 2013 once more, and indeed, the "VC++ Directories" option was available.

My guess is that this is not related to the compability settings, but to the fact that I first configured the projects in VS 2012, which "fixed" the project setup for VS 2013. In fact, it turned out that debugging my program became unbelievably slow in VS2013, which was apparently caused by the mentioned compatibility settings (which I had to reset).