libcmtd.lib(exe_main.obj) error lnk2001 unresolved external symbol main

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I am getting this error as part of my VC C++ project. libcmtd.lib(exe_main.obj) error lnk2001 unresolved external symbol main

It's simple Hello world project for now which I am trying to build in Release mode in x64. I am using MTd as runtime library.

And do you have a `main` function in your code? Can you please [edit] your question to include a copy-paste (as text) of your code? — Some programmer dude, Dec 01 '21 at 09:05
Please provide more information about the configuration or a minimal reproducible example. — Minxin Yu - MSFT, Dec 02 '21 at 02:42

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 01 '21 at 09:10

Did you use Unicode for this project? Look into the project properties. If you used Unicode the function should be "wmain" instead of "main", I believe. And also if you used the typed version for strings regarding Unicode you should use "_tmain". The same rule applies to string operations, iostream etc. E.g. "_ftprint" instead of "fprint" etc.

libcmtd.lib(exe_main.obj) error lnk2001 unresolved external symbol main

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