c++ - Visual Studio: LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file

Question

I've been encountering a strange bug in Visual Studio 2010 for some time now.

I have a solution consisting of a project which compiles to a static library, and another project which is really simple but depends on this library.

Sometimes, in the last days extremely frequent, after Rebuilding the Solution or just compiling it with 1-3 changed source files, I get the following error:

2>LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'thelibrary.lib'
========== Rebuild All: 1 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped ==========

Where compiling thelibrary.lib was a success without any errors or warnings.

I have tried cleaning the solution, but that doesn't always work.

• What is wrong here?

Answer 1

In Linker, general, additional library directories, add the directory to the .dll or .libs you have included in Linker, Input. It does not work if you put this in VC++ Directories, Library Directories.