Linker error LNK1104 with 'libboost_filesystem-vc100-mt-s-1_49.lib'

Question

During the process of linking my program to the boost::filesystem module in release mode I get the next error:

error LNK1104: cannot open file \'libboost

Answer 1

You are using /MT or /MTd option in C/C++/Code Generation/Runtime Library which require static library, boost default build with shared library output. You can switch Runtime Library to /MD or /MDd. An other option is recompile boost with static library output and you'll get 'libboost_filesystem-vc100-mt-s-1_49.lib'..