I want to write a kernel driver using Visual Studio 2015, so I installed the Windows 10 SDK and WDK alongside with VS 2015.
I created empty kernel driver project and main.c inside the project.
However, intellisense does not work and error list shows:
"command-line error: exception handling option can be used only when compiling C++ driver"
I suppose VS wants me to code my project on c++ but I don't want to code on c++. I hate casting when allocating memory etc. Are there any workaround for this?
Thanks
C++ is usually not used in kernel mode drivers because it is not supported. I use some C++ in my drivers but that is the exception.
I see this same issue with VS 2015. Just create a blank C file in your project and you will see the intellisense (~) at the first column of the first line. This means intellisense is essentially broken for all C source files now.
The obvious workaround is to disable IntelliSense.
Under the "Tools" menu, choose "Options".
Then, click on "Text Editor", "C/C++", "Advanced". Inside the panel to the right, locate "InelliSense" and change the value for "DisableIntelliSense" to True.
Unfortunately this is a known Visual Studio 2015 issue with C code There will, hopefully, be a fix soon. More details here: https://www.osr.com/blog/2015/08/12/windows-10-wdk-visual-studio-2015-issues/