C++ – LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file ‘MSVCRTD.lib’

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I'm a novice C++ developer. I encontered the error message indicates "LINK :fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'MSVCRTD.lib'" while I'm trying to debug every single project in Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Express. I searched on Stack overflow and Google for any possible resolution, but I couldn't find exact and precise answer. What I have understood is that the "msvcrtd.lib" file should be in "\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\lib", but that file is not there in my case. What should I do?

Best Answer

For the poor souls out there who are struggling with this, after an hour of research I found a solution for my Visual Studio Enterprise 2017:

First, lets find where is your library file located:

With windows explorer, go to your directory where Visual Studio is installed, (default: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio) and do a search for msvcrtd.lib

I found mine to be in here:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.15.26726\lib\onecore\x86

Quick Fix (for one project only):

  1. Right click on your project, click on properties, navigate to Linker, add that path to Additional Library Directories enter image description here

Permanent Fix (for all projects)

  1. Open a project
  2. navigate to View > Property Manager (it could be under Other Windows)
  3. Expand all folders and multi select all "Microsoft.cpp.Win32.user" & "Microsoft.cpp.64.user"

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  1. Right click and go to properties

  2. Navigate to VC++ Directories enter image description here

  3. Add the path to default Library Directories

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