LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'MSVCRTD.lib'

Question

I\'m a novice C++ developer. I encontered the error message indicates \"LINK :fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file \'MSVCRTD.lib\'\" while I\'m trying to debug every single

Answer 1

Go to your project properties, select Linker from left. Add this to "Additional Library Directories":

"(Your Visual Studio Path)\VC\lib"

For example:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\lib

Answer 2

For me this issue happens after installing the (Windows Driver Kit): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/download-the-wdk

Uninstalling it fixes the problem. Just posting here as a related issue for people looking for solutions: After installing WDK VC++ is broken

Answer 3

This indicates that Visual Studio wasn't able to find the lib (Library) directory which contains msvcrtd.lib.

IMPORTANT: This lib directory also contains linkers required during the compilation process.

So, all you need to do is override the Library Directory location. You can do so with the help of Environment Variables.

I referred to this StackOverflow Post for help. As per the answer posted, the Environment Variable LIB refers to the path where the Linker Libraries are located. Why is this method better? Because this will apply to all the projects instead of just a particular project. Also, you don't need to download anything extra. It just works...

Follow the steps below to achieve this:

STEP-1: Search for "msvcrtd.lib" in the search bar.

STEP-2: Click "Open File Location" (available in context menu)

STEP-3: Copy the address of the directory from the address bar.

STEP-4: Search "Environment" in the taskbar and click on "Edit the system environment variables".

STEP-5: Click on "Environment Variables..." button.

STEP-6: Under "System variables" section, click on "New..." button. A dialog would pop up.

STEP-7: In the dialog box, enter the following:

• Variable name: LIB
• Variable value: [The directory you copied in "STEP-3"]

And press "OK"

Now, you are all done!

Answer 4

I ran into this issue. The file existed on my machine, it was in the search path. I was stumped as the error result is really unhelpful. In my case I had turned on Spectre mitigation, but had not downloaded the runtime libs for Spectre. Once I did the download all was right with the world. I had to get this installed on my CI build servers also, as these libs are not installed with VS by default.

Answer 5

I have included the following path

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.16.27023\lib\x86 and
C:\local\boost_1_64_0\lib64-msvc-14.1

To

project properties-> linker-> Additional Directories

Click here : Image shows linking of boost and MSVC2017

Answer 6

For Visual Studio 2017 Go to your project properties, select Linker from left. Add this to "Additional Library Directories":

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Shared\14.0\VC\lib