Compiling and linking third party libraries in VS 2015 [duplicate]

Question

I'm working on a C++ project using Visual Studio 2015 I'm trying to link an external library (in this instance libtins). The library currently resides on my desktop.

I've tried editing the project settings, under Linker settings, but it doesn't give me any option to include any custom libraries.

How do I do this in VS 2015?

Answer 1

adding to the linker is not enough you need also to add the include library: properties -> C/C++ ->general -> additional include directories