fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'libboost_system-vc110-mt-gd-1_51.lib'

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Seem I can\'t get this to work. I made a simple console application (which depend on websocket++ library) which need Boost libraries.. but when I t

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2>LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'libboost_regex-vc120-mt-sgd-1_55.lib

In my case, bootstrap/bjam was not available (libraries were precompiled and committed to SCM) on old inherited project. Libraries did not have VC or BOOST versioning in their filenames eg: libboost_regex-mt-sgd.lib, however Processed /DEFAULTLIB:libboost_regex-vc120-mt-sgd-1_55.lib was somehow triggered automatically.

Fixed by manually adding the non-versioned filename to:

$(DK_BOOST)\lib64\libboost_regex-mt-sgd.lib

and blacklisting the ...vc120-mt-sgd-1_55.lib in

libboost_regex-vc120-mt-sgd-1_55.lib