unresolved external symbol impscanf referenced in function _main

Asked Jul 18 '13 at 15:11

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I compile a driver with visual studio 2008 and I get this error:

unresolved external symbol __imp__scanf referenced in function _main

I don't use any lib and the main function look like this:

__cdecl main {

  .....
  scanf(...);

}

Note: I have other errors with other native functions such as:

unresolved external symbol __imp__printf referenced in function _main  
unresolved external symbol __imp__GetLastError@0 referenced in function _main
unresolved external symbol __imp__CreateFileA@28 referenced in function _main
...

The discussion here is not like my problem

Update:

I'm compiling a driver with WinDDK, I have pute the line in the sources file:

TARGETLIBS= $(SDK_LIB_PATH)\kernel32.lib

and much errors begin with unresolved external symbol __imp__ are clean except those: __scanf and _printf. So what lib I must add to fixe them?
Thanks

edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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The problem is you aren't using any lib, use stdio.h – nj-ath Jul 18 '13 at 15:25
Yes, i have stdio.h and windows.h but the problem still exist – Phiber Jul 18 '13 at 18:32
check in C:\Program Files\\VC\include that stdio.h exists? – nj-ath Jul 18 '13 at 18:39
Yes TheJoker, stdio.h still exist in the right place, Please look update – Phiber Jul 19 '13 at 14:30
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3704374/linking-error-lnk2019-in-msvc-unresolved-symbols-with-imp-prefix-but-shoul?lq=1 – nj-ath Jul 19 '13 at 16:18
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This is a linker error, not a compiler error, so it's nothing to do with missing header files. – Mark Ingram Apr 30 '15 at 13:40

unresolved external symbol __imp__scanf referenced in function _main

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unresolved external symbol impscanf referenced in function _main