Where Can I Download Microsoft.Phone.WinJS.2.1?

Question

I'm trying to make a universal Windows App with WinJS. I've downloaded the latest update to VS2013. The RC version. I've installed all the SDKs I can find. I've installed the WinLibJS_VSE.exe extension, as well. Funny thing about that one is that VS updates keeps saying that I didn't...

When I open up any of the sample universal WinJS apps - like the ones here http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/wpapps/Universal-Windows-app-cb3248c3 - I always end up with this error:

Could not find SDK "Microsoft.Phone.WinJS.2.1, Version=1.0". C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\bin\Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets

I tried finding this SDK on my machine, but I'm not finding it at all. Nor am I finding it online. I copied some SDKs from C:\Program Files (x86) into C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs to no avail.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Okay, I've been talking to the Visual Studio team about this.

Did you happen to install the "Visual Studio 2013 Extensions for the Windows Library for JavaScript"? http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40793 (In the Programs and Features list, it will appear as "Visual Studio Extension for Windows Library for JavaScript".)

If so, you'll need to uninstall it. The order for uninstall is:

1. Visual Studio 2013
2. Visual Studio Update 2 RC
3. "Visual Studio Extension for the Windows Library for JavaScript"

After the uninstall, reinstall in this order:

1. Visual Studio 2013
2. Visual Studio Update 2 RC

Of course, all of this assumes that you've already upgraded your development environment to Windows 8.1. These projects will only work on a Windows 8.1 machine.

I hope that this helps. If not, we can try something else.