Error loading GLEW library (error LNK2001)

Question

I install GLEW library into the Visual Studio:
x64/bin/glew32.dll to %SystemRoot%/system32
x64/lib/glew32.lib to {VC Root}/Lib
include/GL/glew.h to {VC Root}/Include/GL
include/GL/wglew.h to {VC Root}/Include/GL

And add library in Linker > Input: glew32.lib and write #pragma comment

#pragma comment(lib, "opengl32.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "glu32.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "glut32.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "glew32.lib")

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#include <glew.h>
#include <glut.h>

But Visual Studio continues to write error:

1>Core.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp____glewBindVertexArray
1>Core.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp____glewGenVertexArrays

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 01 '15 at 19:39

You're missing GLEW (The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library). You can link this in with the following pragma somewhere in your source code:

#pragma comment(lib, "glew32.lib")

Or you can modify the linker flags in the project settings. This assumes that you have the GLEW library installed. On my system, I installed it at the following path:

C:\Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0/VC/lib/glew32.lib

The path may be different on your system, and there are other ways of linking with GLEW if you don't want to install it.

Error loading GLEW library (error LNK2001)

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