Re: error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _main referenced in ___t
"Hongwei" <Hongwei@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I got the following link error after I ported my VS 2003 project to VS
2008:
"error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _main referenced in function
___tmainCRTStartup LIBCMT.lib"
Most of posts in the internet say it can be fixed to change the subsystem
to
Windows, not console (Properties > Configuration > Linker > System >
Subsystem.
But it doesn't work for me. It is Windows (/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS) in the
settings. The same settings works with VS 2003 C++.
Thanks in advance for suggestions!
What is the name of your startup function, main or WinMain or wmain or
_tmain or ...?
Between VS 2003 and VS 2005 the default was changed to UNICODE, so your file
might be defining wmain now, leaving main undefined.
HJ
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