Thread: Linking Error with Minimal Code

Code:

#include <windows.h>

int __stdcall WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nShowCmd)
{

	return 0;
}

That's my program. Any ideas why I get:

[ERROR]
Linking...
LIBCD.lib(crt0.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _main
Debug/E.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
Error executing link.exe.
Creating browse info file...

E.exe - 2 error(s), 0 warning(s)
[/ERROR]

Compiling on MSVC++ 6.0.

I just have no idea what it can be. I could've sworn this would be the simplest part of the project.

You are compiling it as a console program instead of a win32 program. That's why it's looking for main() instead of WinMain().

In your linker settings, you should see the command /subsystem:windows being passed to the linker. You need to change that to /subsystem:console. Either that or just start a new win32 project.

Holy jeez, thanks bithub. I actually restarted the project about 3 times, and each time I must've made it a console app without realizing what I was doing. I wish I could blame lack of sleep, but it's 6:30 in the afternoon.

That was so much more stressful than it should've been Thanks again.