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Asked: 2026-05-11T14:55:19+00:00

I just started writing a small application in C++ using Visual Studio C++ 2008

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I just started writing a small application in C++ using Visual Studio C++ 2008 Express. I installed the Boost Library using the Windows installer. While compiling the program I get the following error :

Compiling…
stdafx.cpp
Compiling…
websave.cpp
GoogleAuthenticate.cpp
Generating Code…
Compiling manifest to resources…
Microsoft (R) Windows (R) Resource Compiler Version 6.1.6723.1
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Linking…
LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file ‘libboost_system-vc90-mt-gd-1_38.lib’

// GoogleAuthenticate.h

#pragma once #include <boost/asio.hpp>  class GoogleAuthenticate {   public:         GoogleAuthenticate(void);         virtual ~GoogleAuthenticate(void); };

// GoogleAuthenticate.cpp

#include 'StdAfx.h' #include 'GoogleAuthenticate.h'   GoogleAuthenticate::GoogleAuthenticate(void) { }  GoogleAuthenticate::~GoogleAuthenticate(void) { }

// websave.cpp

#include 'stdafx.h' #include <iostream> using namespace std;  int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) {      cout << 'hello' << endl;  return 0; }

I checked the boost/boost-1.38/lib folder and the libboost_system-vc90-mt-gd-1_38.lib is present there. Also added the path in ‘Additional Include Directories’ in Configuration Properties of the project.

Is there anything that is being missed here ?

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  1. Forgot to add this : In Configuration Properties > Linker > Additional Library Directories, enter the path to the Boost binaries, e.g. C:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_38_0\lib.

    Should have RTFM. http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_36_0/more/getting_started/windows.html#link-from-within-the-visual-studio-ide

    Fixed.

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