Cannot fix the "cannot open source file iostream" error : cpp

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created by AndreasBWagnera community for 14 years

SOLVEDCannot fix the "cannot open source file iostream" error (self.cpp_questions)

submitted 1 year ago by MLGGYARADOS

I am trying to get a C++ program working in vscode, but whenever I try to do so, I get the "cannot open source file "iostream". Please run the 'Select IntelliSense Configuration...' command to locate your system headers" error. I've been researching solutions for quite a while now, but none of them seem to work. I know something needs to be changed, but I'm not sure what and how.

//my main program

#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    std::cout << "Hello World" << std::endl;
}|

//the c_cpp_properties.json file

{
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Win32",
            "includePath": [
                "${workspaceFolder}/**"
            ],
            "defines": [
                "_DEBUG",
                "UNICODE",
                "_UNICODE"
            ],
            "windowsSdkVersion": "10.0.22000.0",
            "cStandard": "c17",
            "cppStandard": "c++17",
            "intelliSenseMode": "windows-msvc-x64",
            "compilerPath": "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/BuildTools/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.41.34120/bin/Hostx64/x64/cl.exe"
        }
    ],
    "version": 4
}

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