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

The boost libraries that you have in your boost\stage\lib directory are linking dynamically to the standard C++ libraries. See the following post:

boost lib build configuraton variations

Your code is linking statically to the standard C++ libraries, hence a mismatch. Try linking your code dynamically to the standard libraries. (Project Settings->General->Configuration Type)