First Instance of "STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE" Identifier is Undefined

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I am using Visual Studio 2019, and my code uses console outputs which change colors frequently. I am including Windows.h in my code, which is the header file that contains SetConsoleTextAttributes, whereas STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE should be initialized by using namespace std. My code in its entirety can be found here, but the following is the section with the error:

#include <iostream>
#include <cmath>
#include "HeadFile.h"
#include <windows.h>
#include <string.h>

using namespace std;

int Play(char(&spaces)[7][6], int(&color)[7][6], int player, int playerOneWins, int playerTwoWins, int ties)
{
    HANDLE hConsole;
    hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
.....

The code runs fine, but inside of studio itself, I see the following error:

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The error is coming from the first instance of STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE only (another case at the bottom of the picture has no errors). If I comment out the first one, the next instance errors:

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How can I fix this issue? I've read in a few non-related posts that using namespace std can sometimes lead to problems. Is this the case?

std console visual-studio c++
2 Answers

Use Header file "Windows.h" instead of "windows.h".

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I had the same problem, adding #include <stdlib.h> fixed it for me.

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