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user346443
user346443

Reputation: 4852

No Linker option in Visual Studio Project Properties

I'm trying to add a library to a Visual Studio C++ project, however, when I go to project properties I only have options for,

Common Properties
    Startup Project
    Project Dependencies
    Debug Source File
Configuration Properites
    Configuration

Why can't I see the linker options?

Upvotes: 43

Views: 93435

Answers (7)

Radwa Ahmed
Radwa Ahmed

Reputation: 301

Try to run Visual Studio as an administrator. This works for me.

Upvotes: 0

AmitB
AmitB

Reputation: 752

In Visual Studio 2013:

Go to: Project Properties -> Configuration Manager -> General. There, under Project Defaults, change the Configuration Type to either Dynamic Library or Application. Click on Apply. Then you should see the Linker tab added to the menu on the left.

Upvotes: 10

Kevin
Kevin

Reputation: 8902

If the Configuration Type (Configuration Properties -> General -> Configuration Type) is set to Utility, then no linker option will be available.

Upvotes: 4

edward king
edward king

Reputation: 607

Updating answer for VS2012 to cover executable and libraries.

If your project is an executable then you need to navigate as such: Myproject --> properties --> linker --> additional dependencies and add the dll or lib.

If you project is a library, there is no "linker" tab so you need to navigate as such: Myproject -->properties --> Librarian --> additional dependencies and add the dll or lib

Upvotes: 49

Tobias
Tobias

Reputation: 4074

Are you by any chance looking at a library project? Quoted from this answer:

A library is just a collection of objects, which by definition have not been linked yet. The linker is not used to create the library, so it makes sense that there would be no linker options for it.

Upvotes: 20

Sai Gollapudi
Sai Gollapudi

Reputation: 39

Either you are looking at the "solution" level or at a file level (e.g. main.cpp). Move to project level and you will see the Linker.

Upvotes: 3

Michael Burr
Michael Burr

Reputation: 340208

You are looking at the properties for the Solution.

You'll need to open the properties for the specific project within that solution.

Upvotes: 32

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