How to make Visual Studio use the native amd64 toolchain

Question

How can I get Visual Studio 2012 to use the native amd64 toolchain, rather than the default x86_amd64 cross-compiler?

I am building a large library that causes the l

Answer 1

There is another method of forcing use of the 64-bit linker on a per-project basis for Visual Studio 2013. Edit your .vcxproj file and insert the following after the line:

  
  
    x64