MS Visual C++ 2010 Express x64 under win8

I'm trying to compile a x64 project that was created under Win7, on another computer that now runs Win8.

I've installed MS Visual C++ 2010 Express (10.0.4219) and tried to use Win SDK 7.1 with it but it won't install because of numerous errors.

I successfully installed Win SDK 8 but it doesn't add any x64 Platforn into Visual C++ Configuration Manager

Is there a way to make it all work?

Thank you!