Linker error: unresolved external symbol _WinMain@16 when building console application

Question

I'm trying to compile this code is Visual Studio 2015:

int main()
{
    double* pvalue  = NULL; 
    pvalue  = new double;   

    *pvalue = 29494.99;     
    cout << "Value of pvalue : " << *pvalue << endl;

    delete pvalue;         

    return 0;
}

And i'm getting this compile error:

1>MSVCRTD.lib(exe_winmain.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _WinMain@16 referenced in function "int __cdecl invoke_main(void)" (?invoke_main@@YAHXZ)

Is this a Visual Studio problem? Should I reinstall it?

When you created your project, did you select "new Win32 application" or "new Console Application"? — NathanOliver, Jan 28 '16 at 17:04

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 28 '16 at 17:10

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I started a Win application, not a console application. Dumb mistake.

answered Jan 28 '16 at 17:10

Gabriel Previato

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