Thread: Link on Windows to output an exe "Could not open uuid.lib"

I have compiled the following C code to an obj. I linked with LLVM's lld-link to create an exe on Windows. LLVM's lld-link is modelled on Microsoft's link.exe and uses the same command-line options. But when I link I get this error:

Code:

 "Could not open uuid.lib: no such file or directory"

The C code (SxSv.c):

Code:

#include "SxSv.h"

int loadDLL()
{
  int status = 0;
  TestFunc _TestFunc;
  HINSTANCE testLibrary = LoadLibrary("SxSv.dll");

  if (testLibrary) {
    _TestFunc = (TestFunc) GetProcAddress(testLibrary, "SSXV");
    if (_TestFunc) {
      status = _TestFunc();
    }

    FreeLibrary(testLibrary);

  }
  return status;
}

The header file (SxSv.h):

Code:

 #ifndef DLLHANDLER_C_
 #define DLLHANDLER_C_
   
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <winbase.h>
 #include <windef.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
   
 typedef int (*TestFunc)(int);
   
 int loadDLL( void );
   
 #endif

The command line string:

Code:

 lld-link SxSv SxSv.obj

I found many uuid.lib files on my computer; added a LIBPATH to the command line string using the latest uuid.lib, but it didn't help:

Code:

 lld-link SxSv /LIBPATH:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Lib\10.0.17763.0\um\x64\" SxSv.obj

How do I designate the location of uuid.lib, or can I link this without uuid.lib?

Thanks.

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