Add this line before the very first(!) #include of COM-related header to fix objbase.h(239): error C2760: syntax error: unexpected token 'identi...

I kinda got it to compile, but this is definitely not a good solution. I'm posting it here as a temp workaround until Microsoft gets their heads ou...

There's a way to get this to work if you're prepared to edit the Windows header files. In objbase.h , comment out line 239 or change it to: static...

Although the question is old, just adding what worked for me. In my case including windows.h and compiling with VS2017 v141_xp toolset was causing...