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Asked: 2026-05-26T06:39:28+00:00

I Have the Visual Studio C++ 2008 Express Edition. I am trying to compile

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I Have the Visual Studio C++ 2008 Express Edition.

I am trying to compile a program but I am getting the following Link Error:

1>MSVCRT.lib(wcrtexew.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _wWinMain@16

What I tried to do:

I found this on google:

For Visual C++ .NET: In the Advanced category of the Linker folder in the Project Properties dialog box, set the Entry Point to wWinMainCRTStartup.

It was intended to work but didn’t. How do I compile this app?

The code is stupidly simple:

#include "stdafx.h"
int main( int argc, char ** argv )
{
}
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  1. Editorial Team

    There are multiple ways to solve this:

    1. Create a console application
    2. Change the Subsystem console now in the linker settings ( Project Settings -> Linker -> System -> SubSystem (select Console))
    3. Change the entry point in the linker settings to mainCRTStartup (Project Settings -> Linker -> Advanced -> Entry Point)

    4. Define int CALLBACK WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,LPSTR lpCmdLine,int nCmdShow ); instead of int main(int argc, char const ** argv)

    5. Change the Character Set to Use Unicode Character Set (Project Settings -> General->Character Set )

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