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I've been encountering a strange bug in Visual Studio 2010 for some time now.
I have a solution consisting of a project which compiles to a static library, and another project which is really simple but depends on this library.
Sometimes, in the last days extremely frequent, after Rebuilding the Solution or just compiling it with 1-3 changed source files, I get the following error:
2>LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'thelibrary.lib' ========== Rebuild All: 1 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped ========== Where compiling thelibrary.lib was a success without any errors or warnings.
I have tried cleaning the solution, but that doesn't always work.
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The solution to this situation is to enclose the long file name (path plus file name) in quotation marks. Compiling with the /P (Preprocess to a File) option can result in LNK1181 because that option suppresses the creation of . obj files.
To fix this issue, stop the program and unload it from the debugger before building it again. If the app is open in another program, such as a resource editor, close it. If your program is unresponsive, you may need to use Task Manager to end the process. You might also need to close and restart Visual Studio.
kernel32. lib is THE fundamental Windows API library. It is found in the Windows SDK and the default set of library locations should include it.
In Linker, general, additional library directories, add the directory to the .dll or .libs you have included in Linker, Input. It does not work if you put this in VC++ Directories, Library Directories.
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