FIX: Fatal Error LNK1561: Entry Point Must Be Defined
Article ID: 140597
Article Last Modified on 12/2/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.1 Subscription
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2 Professional Edition
This article was previously published under Q140597
SYMPTOMS
When you build an AppWizard-generated application that has a directory with
a trailing backslash (\) specified in the Additional Include Directories
field of the C/C++ Preprocessor settings, you receive this error:
Compiling...
StdAfx.cpp
LINK : fatal error LNK1561: entry point must be defined
Error executing cl.exe.
CAUSE
The backslash (\) character is interpreted as an escape character.
RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, do not include trailing backslashes in the
Additional Include Directories field of the C/C++ Preprocessor settings.
For example, specify directories as C:\Project\Inc rather than as
C:\Project\Inc\. Or if you want to specify the current directory as .\, use
just the period (.) instead.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed
at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Visual C++
version 5.0.
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