Re: error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _main referenced in ___t

From:
"Ben Voigt [C++ MVP]" <bvoigt@newsgroup.nospam>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:20:32 -0500
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"Hongwei" <Hongwei@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:951BFE1A-CC50-4C82-A75C-C8146A6CB000@microsoft.com...

I got the following link error after I ported my VS 2003 project to VS
2008:

"error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _main referenced in function
___tmainCRTStartup LIBCMT.lib"

Most of posts in the internet say it can be fixed to change the subsystem
to
Windows, not console (Properties > Configuration > Linker > System >
Subsystem.

But it doesn't work for me. It is Windows (/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS) in the
settings. The same settings works with VS 2003 C++.

Thanks in advance for suggestions!


What is the name of your startup function, main or WinMain or wmain or
_tmain or ...?

Between VS 2003 and VS 2005 the default was changed to UNICODE, so your file
might be defining wmain now, leaving main undefined.

HJ

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