Thread: Visual C++ 2005 linking and file sizes

I am using the Visual C++ 2005 Express and when I create a empty project, add a simple .cpp file to it and compile it, I get this compiler log:

Code:

------ Build started: Project: D3D Engine, Configuration: Release Win32 ------
Compiling...
Engine.cpp
Linking...
Searching libraries
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Lib\kernel32.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Lib\user32.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Lib\gdi32.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Lib\uuid.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\lib\libcpmt.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK (October 2005)\Lib\x86\d3d9.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK (October 2005)\Lib\x86\d3dx9.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\lib\LIBCMT.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\lib\OLDNAMES.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Lib\kernel32.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Lib\user32.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Lib\gdi32.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Lib\uuid.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\lib\libcpmt.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK (October 2005)\Lib\x86\d3d9.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK (October 2005)\Lib\x86\d3dx9.lib:
Finished searching libraries
   Creating library C:\Documents and Settings\Alex\Desktop\D3D Engine\Release\D3D Engine.lib and object C:\Documents and Settings\Alex\Desktop\D3D Engine\Release\D3D Engine.exp
Searching libraries
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Lib\kernel32.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Lib\user32.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Lib\gdi32.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Lib\uuid.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\lib\libcpmt.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK (October 2005)\Lib\x86\d3d9.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK (October 2005)\Lib\x86\d3dx9.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\lib\LIBCMT.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\lib\OLDNAMES.lib:
Finished searching libraries
Searching libraries
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Lib\kernel32.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Lib\user32.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Lib\gdi32.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Lib\uuid.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\lib\libcpmt.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK (October 2005)\Lib\x86\d3d9.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK (October 2005)\Lib\x86\d3dx9.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\lib\LIBCMT.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\lib\OLDNAMES.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Lib\kernel32.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Lib\user32.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Lib\gdi32.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Lib\uuid.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\lib\libcpmt.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK (October 2005)\Lib\x86\d3d9.lib:
    Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK (October 2005)\Lib\x86\d3dx9.lib:
Finished searching libraries
Build log was saved at "file://c:\Documents and Settings\Alex\Desktop\D3D Engine\Release\BuildLog.htm"
D3D Engine - 0 error(s), 0 warning(s)
========== Build: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

But it is researching or what ever the libaries many times and the output file is 100kb, and that just doesn't seem right. I think the file size is larger than it should be because it is linking the libaries more than once. If I am right how do I stop this, I tried everything?

It's not linking them more than once, if it was, there would be ambiguity to which is the true location of the functions being used.

ahh ok well thanks for confirming that.