No Linker option in Visual Studio Project Properties

Question

I'm trying to add a library to a Visual Studio C++ project, however, when I go to project properties I only have options for,

Common Properties
    Startup Project
    Project Dependencies
    Debug Source File
Configuration Properites
    Configuration

Why can't I see the linker options?

Answer 1

Updating answer for VS2012 to cover executable and libraries.

If your project is an executable then you need to navigate as such: Myproject --> properties --> linker --> additional dependencies and add the dll or lib.

If you project is a library, there is no "linker" tab so you need to navigate as such: Myproject -->properties --> Librarian --> additional dependencies and add the dll or lib

Answer 2

You are looking at the properties for the Solution.

You'll need to open the properties for the specific project within that solution.

Answer 3

Are you by any chance looking at a library project? Quoted from this answer:

A library is just a collection of objects, which by definition have not been linked yet. The linker is not used to create the library, so it makes sense that there would be no linker options for it.