How to I update my C++ project in Visual Studio 2015 to use the new Universal CRT?

Question

After VS2015 updated my project to the new Platform toolset v140, it fails to build due to a linker error : LNK1104 cannot open file \'libucrt.lib\'.

It appears thi

Answer 1

When you convert your project, you need to make sure you update both the includes AND the linker settings to point to the new CRT.

For includes, add the following:

$(UniversalCRT_IncludePath)

For link, add one of the following depending on your target processor:

$(UniversalCRT_LibraryPath_x86)
$(UniversalCRT_LibraryPath_x64)
$(UniversalCRT_LibraryPath_arm)