Thread: How to fix a linker error with PKEY_Device_FriendlyName

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    How to fix a linker error with PKEY_Device_FriendlyName

    Upon using PKEY_Device_FriendlyName, I'm getting the following errors:

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    Error   1   error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _PKEY_Device_FriendlyName DefaultAudioDeviceCPP.obj   
    Error   2   fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals C:\Users\srobertson\Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\DefaultAudioDeviceCPP\Debug\DefaultAudioDeviceCPP.exe
    What's a very simple way to clear these errors? I'm including functiondiscovery.h and functiondiscoverykeys.h. Also the path in Project->Properties...->Configuration Properties->C/C++->General->Additional Include Directories is correct.

    EDIT: One thing of interest is that the errors are mentioning: _PKEY_Device_FriendlyName, not PKEY_Device_FriendlyName. But I'm only using the latter in my program.

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    PKEY_Device_FriendlyName
    Is your OS at least Vista?

    > Project->Properties...->Configuration Properties->C/C++->General->Additional Include Directories
    But there is also
    - additional library search directories
    - additional libraries.


    > EDIT: One thing of interest is that the errors are mentioning: _PKEY_Device_FriendlyName,
    A leading underscore is typically added by the compiler when it generates the code.
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