CMake config error when opening the project in VS2019

[n1ps]

Hi I am trying to open anki in VS2019 however I am getting the following config error.

1> Provided 'inheritEnvironments' doesn't provide the necessary environment variables needed to set the context for the configuration x64-Release. You can work around this by adding the necessary environment variables such as INCLUDE, LIBPATH, PATH and others to an environment block in your CMakeSettings.json.

1> CMake generation started for configuration: 'x64-Release'.
1> Command line: "cmd.exe" /c ""C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO\2019\COMMUNITY\COMMON7\IDE\COMMONEXTENSIONS\MICROSOFT\CMAKE\CMake\bin\cmake.exe"  -G "Ninja" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH="C:\Users\Laptop.000\Source\Repos\anki-3d-engine\out\install\x64-Release" -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2019/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.24.28314/bin/HostX64/x64/cl.exe" -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2019/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.24.28314/bin/HostX64/x64/cl.exe"  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="RelWithDebInfo" -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM="C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO\2019\COMMUNITY\COMMON7\IDE\COMMONEXTENSIONS\MICROSOFT\CMAKE\Ninja\ninja.exe" "C:\Users\Laptop.000\Source\Repos\anki-3d-engine" 2>&1"
1> Working directory: C:\Users\Laptop.000\Source\Repos\anki-3d-engine\out\build\x64-Release
1> [CMake] -- The C compiler identification is MSVC 19.24.28316.0
1> [CMake] -- The CXX compiler identification is MSVC 19.24.28316.0
1> [CMake] -- Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2019/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.24.28314/bin/HostX64/x64/cl.exe
1> [CMake] -- Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2019/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.24.28314/bin/HostX64/x64/cl.exe -- broken
1> [CMake] CMake Error at C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2019/Community/Common7/IDE/CommonExtensions/Microsoft/CMake/CMake/share/cmake-3.15/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:60 (message):
1> [CMake]   The C compiler
1> [CMake] 
1> [CMake]     "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2019/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.24.28314/bin/HostX64/x64/cl.exe"
1> [CMake] 
1> [CMake]   is not able to compile a simple test program.
1> [CMake] 
1> [CMake]   It fails with the following output:
1> [CMake] 
1> [CMake]     Change Dir: C:/Users/Laptop.000/Source/Repos/anki-3d-engine/out/build/x64-Release/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp
1> [CMake]     
1> [CMake]     Run Build Command(s):C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2019/Community/Common7/IDE/CommonExtensions/Microsoft/CMake/Ninja/ninja.exe cmTC_7fd5f && [1/2] Building C object CMakeFiles\cmTC_7fd5f.dir\testCCompiler.c.obj
1> [CMake]     [2/2] Linking C executable cmTC_7fd5f.exe
1> [CMake]     FAILED: cmTC_7fd5f.exe 
1> [CMake]     cmd.exe /C "cd . && "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\CMake\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -E vs_link_exe --intdir=CMakeFiles\cmTC_7fd5f.dir --rc=C:\PROGRA~2\WI3CF2~1\10\bin\100183~1.0\x64\rc.exe --mt=C:\PROGRA~2\WI3CF2~1\10\bin\100183~1.0\x64\mt.exe --manifests  -- C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\2019\COMMUN~1\VC\Tools\MSVC\1424~1.283\bin\Hostx64\x64\link.exe /nologo CMakeFiles\cmTC_7fd5f.dir\testCCompiler.c.obj  /out:cmTC_7fd5f.exe /implib:cmTC_7fd5f.lib /pdb:cmTC_7fd5f.pdb /version:0.0  /machine:x64  /debug /INCREMENTAL /subsystem:console  kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib && cd ."
1> [CMake]     LINK Pass 1: command "C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\2019\COMMUN~1\VC\Tools\MSVC\1424~1.283\bin\Hostx64\x64\link.exe /nologo CMakeFiles\cmTC_7fd5f.dir\testCCompiler.c.obj /out:cmTC_7fd5f.exe /implib:cmTC_7fd5f.lib /pdb:cmTC_7fd5f.pdb /version:0.0 /machine:x64 /debug /INCREMENTAL /subsystem:console kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib /MANIFEST /MANIFESTFILE:CMakeFiles\cmTC_7fd5f.dir/intermediate.manifest CMakeFiles\cmTC_7fd5f.dir/manifest.res" failed (exit code 1104) with the following output:
1> [CMake]     LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'kernel32.lib'
1> [CMake]     ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
1> [CMake]     
1> [CMake]     
1> [CMake] 
1> [CMake]   
1> [CMake] 
1> [CMake]   CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.
1> [CMake] Call Stack (most recent call first):
1> [CMake]   CMakeLists.txt:5 (PROJECT)
1> [CMake] -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
1> [CMake] See also "C:/Users/Laptop.000/Source/Repos/anki-3d-engine/out/build/x64-Release/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
1> [CMake] See also "C:/Users/Laptop.000/Source/Repos/anki-3d-engine/out/build/x64-Release/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".
1> [CMake] 
1> cmd.exe /c ""C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO\2019\COMMUNITY\COMMON7\IDE\COMMONEXTENSIONS\MICROSOFT\CMAKE\CMake\bin\cmake.exe"  -G "Ninja" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH="C:\Users\Laptop.000\Source\Repos\anki-3d-engine\out\install\x64-Release" -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2019/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.24.28314/bin/HostX64/x64/cl.exe" -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2019/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.24.28314/bin/HostX64/x64/cl.exe"  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="RelWithDebInfo" -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM="C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO\2019\COMMUNITY\COMMON7\IDE\COMMONEXTENSIONS\MICROSOFT\CMAKE\Ninja\ninja.exe" "C:\Users\Laptop.000\Source\Repos\anki-3d-engine" 2>&1" returned with exit code: 1

seemed to me that I was missing Windows SDK but I double checked and it's installed. I tried to manually run cmake through powershell and it's working fine. I used Visual Studio 16 as generator instead of Ninja (Which is used in the case above). Any idea how to fix this?

[n1ps]

Updating vs2019 seems to fix the issue.