Fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'gdi32.lib'

Question

Every time I try to run my code I get this error. I\'ve tried everything, installing the SDK, but I still get the same error.

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Answer 1

In Visual Studio 2017 (Community edition) I solved this by switching the Windows SDK version in the project properties from 10.0.10586.0 to 10.0.16299.0 (which is the version I've installed on my machine).

Here is how:

1. In Visual Studio, go to project properties:

2. Choose an installed SDK version:

Reference: the developer community for VS