Thread: Optimizing the linker in msvc

I'm sorry if my question don't fit here, I didn't find a proper place to ask.

When I build from the command line a library with msvc 2010 (the one that comes with psdk win7 & .Net 4.0) I can see more files created:

Code:

*.manifest
*.ilk
*.pdb
*.exp
*.lib
*.dll

I managed to avoid the ilk and manifest, passing to the link this flags:

Code:

/MANIFEST:NO /INCREMENTAL:NO

my question is..how to avoid the exp file creation? I want to see the library (lib) and the dynamic lib (dll)

Thanks for the input

What do you mean "optimise"?

I see a bunch of temporary files used for one purpose or another.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/se8y7dcs.aspx