How to I update my C++ project in Visual Studio 2015 to use the new Universal CRT?

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Jesse Meyer picture Jesse Meyer · Jul 21, 2015 · Viewed 17.9k times · Source

After VS2015 updated my project to the new Platform toolset v140, it fails to build due to a linker error : LNK1104 cannot open file 'libucrt.lib'.

It appears this library has been moved around due to the new Universal CRT as mentioned in this article : http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2015/03/03/introducing-the-universal-crt.aspx?PageIndex=2.

While the article does tell me what I should link towards now, it does not provide instructions how.

My Solution generates a .exe and a .dll it uses. I do not know what to do with the matrix the article describes below.

Release DLLs (/MD ): msvcrt.lib vcruntime.lib ucrt.lib

Release Static (/MT ): libcmt.lib libvcruntime.lib libucrt.lib

Answer

Ryan Bemrose picture Ryan Bemrose · Jul 21, 2015

When you convert your project, you need to make sure you update both the includes AND the linker settings to point to the new CRT.

For includes, add the following:

$(UniversalCRT_IncludePath)

For link, add one of the following depending on your target processor:

$(UniversalCRT_LibraryPath_x86)
$(UniversalCRT_LibraryPath_x64)
$(UniversalCRT_LibraryPath_arm)

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