argument of type "char *" is incompatible with parameter of type "LPCWSTR"

Question

I get this error:

argument of type "char *" is incompatible with parameter of type "LPCWSTR"

Here's a part of my code

void score(void)
{
    char s[128];
    sprintf_s(s, "Thread War! Hits:%d  Misses:%d", hit, miss);
    SetConsoleTitle(s);
    ...
}

How to fix this?

I would guess that your compiler settings are set to Unicode, so the winapi functions will be unicode versions taking wide characters. [SetConsoleTitle](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms686050(v=vs.85).aspx) — crashmstr, Nov 13 '15 at 18:21
The `W` in `LPCWSTR` indicates the function actually wants a `wchar_t*` instead of a `char*`. Hungarian type notation is ugly, but well clear at least if used consistently. — πάντα ῥεῖ, Nov 13 '15 at 18:22
I understand that he wants a `wchar_t*` instead of `char*`, but if i write `wchar_t s[128]` I'll get the error with `sprintf_s` — music_junkie, Nov 13 '15 at 18:27

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 13 '15 at 18:22

You're building with the UNICODE macro defined, which means that all functions default to their wide-character equivalent. So when you call SetConsoleTitle that's really a macro that expands to SetConsoleTitleW.

A wide character has the type wchar_t and is incompatible with char.

You either have to explicitly call SetConsoleTitleA, remove the definition of UNICODE, or start using TCHAR and related types and macros.

argument of type "char *" is incompatible with parameter of type "LPCWSTR"

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