Can't get libcurl working (linker error)

Question

I'm trying for several days to get libcurl working with my project and I'm getting insane with it. I'm acting as it is written in instructions and I get errors all the time. This is what I do step by step:

https://curl.haxx.se/dlwiz/ on this website in download wizard I picked option "Source code" then "Platform Independent" (because I couldn't find windows here) and downloaded the file.

I launched "Developer Command Prompt for VS 2017" got into C:\Users\PC\Downloads\curl-7.58.0\curl-7.58.0\winbuild using "cd" command and then typed (I'm not sure about VC=17 option - in instruction they say that the value for it can be from <9,15>, but there wasn't any error when I type 17) "nmake /f Makefile.vc mode=static VC=17 DEBUG=yes MACHINE=x64" and get error as below:

"..\builds\libcurl-vc15-x64-debug-static-ipv6-sspi-winssl-obj-lib/file.obj : fata l error LNK1112: wystąpił konflikt typu maszyny modułu "x86" z typem maszyny doc elowej "x64" NMAKE : fatal error U1077: ""C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017 \Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.12.25827\bin\HostX86\x86\link.exe"": kod powrotu "0x 458" Stop. NMAKE : fatal error U1077: ""C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017 \Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.12.25827\bin\HostX86\x86\nmake.exe"": kod powrotu "0 x2" Stop. "

telling something about conflict of module machine type "x86" with target machine "x64" - wierd because my machine is 64bit (Windows 7 64bit).

I've tried once again with machine changed to x86: "nmake /f Makefile.vc mode=static VC=17 DEBUG=yes MACHINE=x86" - I get no error(wierd, because I think that previous error should occur now

Then I went to "C:\Users\PC\Downloads\curl-7.58.0\curl-7.58.0\builds\libcurl-vc17-x86-debug-static-ipv6-sspi-winssl", where I found 3 folders: bin, include, lib.

I created new visual studio 2017 empty project. Created source file and pasted an example code I had found on internet:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>

int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl;
  CURLcode res;

  curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
    /* example.com is redirected, so we tell libcurl to follow redirection */ 
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);

    /* Perform the request, res will get the return code */ 
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    /* Check for errors */ 
    if(res != CURLE_OK)
      fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
              curl_easy_strerror(res));

    /* always cleanup */ 
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
  return 0;
}

in Solution Explorer->MyProject->Properties(configuration-debug, platform- win32)->Configuration Properties->C/C++->Additional Include Directories - I added here path: C:\Users\PC\Downloads\curl-7.58.0\curl-7.58.0\builds\libcurl-vc17-x86-debug-static-ipv6-sspi-winssl\include

then in Configuration Properties -> Linker -> General -> Additional Library Directories - I added: C:\Users\PC\Downloads\curl-7.58.0\curl-7.58.0\builds\libcurl-vc17-x86-debug-static-ipv6-sspi-winssl\lib

and then in Configuration Properties -> Linker -> Input -> Additional Dependencies I added the name of generated *.lib file from the folder above - libcurl_a_debug.lib

Finally, I clicked on Build -> Build solution and in the "Output" window I get:

1>------ Build started: Project: libcurltest, Configuration: Debug x64 ------ 1>Source.cpp 1>Source.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp_curl_easy_strerror referenced in function main 1>Source.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp_curl_easy_init referenced in function main 1>Source.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp_curl_easy_setopt referenced in function main 1>Source.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp_curl_easy_perform referenced in function main 1>Source.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp_curl_easy_cleanup referenced in function main 1>C:\Users\PC\source\repos\libcurltest\Dependencies\lib\libcurl_a_debug.lib : warning LNK4272: library machine type 'x86' conflicts with target machine type 'x64' 1>C:\Users\PC\source\repos\libcurltest\x64\Debug\libcurltest.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 5 unresolved externals 1>Done building project "libcurltest.vcxproj" -- FAILED. ========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

It looks like the linker couldn't see my library despite that I've added it. What could be a problem?

EDIT: If I added #define CURL_STATICLIB on the begining of Source.cpp it now compiles , but I still don't understand why I couldn't compile libcurl for x64 platform