Cannot open file 'LIBCMT.lib' when using Code Blocks with VS 2017 Build Tools





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First I solved the issue found here can't find stdio.h in new Visual Studio 2017 Community project which was largely on point except I'm using Code Blocks (17.12) with Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools only. After getting over that hurdle I encountered the issue referenced in my title, and also in this Q&A: LINK: fatal error LNK 1104: cannot open file 'LIBCMT.lib'



I do not, however, believe my question is an (exact) duplicate, since, for one, I'm using Code Blocks. Also I hope you can appreciate how thorough I've been before submitting this.



First I determined that the file was on my system at:



C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Visual Studio2017BuildToolsVCToolsMSVC14.16.27023libx86



Its basename (before the extension) was all lower case though instead of upper as in the error message, so I tried changing it to upper case, which didn't work. In the error message I also noted that it says it cannot open the file, so I checked the permissions on the file; it allows read and execute permissions.



Within Code Blocks I adjusted a number of settings. For instance I referenced the file's directory in not one, but two places, to be on the safe side, in Code Block's compiler options: "Search directories", and "Toolchain executables/Additional Paths" (if you referred to the issue with not finding stdio.h that I solved, it was by adjusting one of these). Furthermore, I tried toggling between the compiler settings for compiling as C or C++. None of these settings worked.



So I tried a couple of ideas I got from the related Q&A. For one, I tried by running Code Blocks as administrator. Secondly, I ran vsvars64.bat. All to no avail.



For the time being I've exhausted all options I can think of. I hope it was ok to use language tags on this, C++ was used in the two Q&A's I reference.



Thanks in advance










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  • Google "codeblocks set library path". First hit looks good, step 3/4D.

    – Hans Passant
    Nov 25 '18 at 15:50











  • @HansPassant Let me try but I've been down this road already, perhaps there are a couple of tweaks in there though

    – George Jempty
    Nov 25 '18 at 16:39











  • @HansPassant That actually did help, I specified libcmt.lib as one of the link libraries, then it complained about not finding oldnames.lib and I specified that too. Then I got past that error to some others however; still though, it's progress. When I figure it all out I may answer my own question, otherwise I may just switch to Visual Studio as the IDE

    – George Jempty
    Nov 25 '18 at 17:11




















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First I solved the issue found here can't find stdio.h in new Visual Studio 2017 Community project which was largely on point except I'm using Code Blocks (17.12) with Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools only. After getting over that hurdle I encountered the issue referenced in my title, and also in this Q&A: LINK: fatal error LNK 1104: cannot open file 'LIBCMT.lib'



I do not, however, believe my question is an (exact) duplicate, since, for one, I'm using Code Blocks. Also I hope you can appreciate how thorough I've been before submitting this.



First I determined that the file was on my system at:



C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Visual Studio2017BuildToolsVCToolsMSVC14.16.27023libx86



Its basename (before the extension) was all lower case though instead of upper as in the error message, so I tried changing it to upper case, which didn't work. In the error message I also noted that it says it cannot open the file, so I checked the permissions on the file; it allows read and execute permissions.



Within Code Blocks I adjusted a number of settings. For instance I referenced the file's directory in not one, but two places, to be on the safe side, in Code Block's compiler options: "Search directories", and "Toolchain executables/Additional Paths" (if you referred to the issue with not finding stdio.h that I solved, it was by adjusting one of these). Furthermore, I tried toggling between the compiler settings for compiling as C or C++. None of these settings worked.



So I tried a couple of ideas I got from the related Q&A. For one, I tried by running Code Blocks as administrator. Secondly, I ran vsvars64.bat. All to no avail.



For the time being I've exhausted all options I can think of. I hope it was ok to use language tags on this, C++ was used in the two Q&A's I reference.



Thanks in advance










share|improve this question

























  • Google "codeblocks set library path". First hit looks good, step 3/4D.

    – Hans Passant
    Nov 25 '18 at 15:50











  • @HansPassant Let me try but I've been down this road already, perhaps there are a couple of tweaks in there though

    – George Jempty
    Nov 25 '18 at 16:39











  • @HansPassant That actually did help, I specified libcmt.lib as one of the link libraries, then it complained about not finding oldnames.lib and I specified that too. Then I got past that error to some others however; still though, it's progress. When I figure it all out I may answer my own question, otherwise I may just switch to Visual Studio as the IDE

    – George Jempty
    Nov 25 '18 at 17:11
















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First I solved the issue found here can't find stdio.h in new Visual Studio 2017 Community project which was largely on point except I'm using Code Blocks (17.12) with Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools only. After getting over that hurdle I encountered the issue referenced in my title, and also in this Q&A: LINK: fatal error LNK 1104: cannot open file 'LIBCMT.lib'



I do not, however, believe my question is an (exact) duplicate, since, for one, I'm using Code Blocks. Also I hope you can appreciate how thorough I've been before submitting this.



First I determined that the file was on my system at:



C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Visual Studio2017BuildToolsVCToolsMSVC14.16.27023libx86



Its basename (before the extension) was all lower case though instead of upper as in the error message, so I tried changing it to upper case, which didn't work. In the error message I also noted that it says it cannot open the file, so I checked the permissions on the file; it allows read and execute permissions.



Within Code Blocks I adjusted a number of settings. For instance I referenced the file's directory in not one, but two places, to be on the safe side, in Code Block's compiler options: "Search directories", and "Toolchain executables/Additional Paths" (if you referred to the issue with not finding stdio.h that I solved, it was by adjusting one of these). Furthermore, I tried toggling between the compiler settings for compiling as C or C++. None of these settings worked.



So I tried a couple of ideas I got from the related Q&A. For one, I tried by running Code Blocks as administrator. Secondly, I ran vsvars64.bat. All to no avail.



For the time being I've exhausted all options I can think of. I hope it was ok to use language tags on this, C++ was used in the two Q&A's I reference.



Thanks in advance










share|improve this question
















First I solved the issue found here can't find stdio.h in new Visual Studio 2017 Community project which was largely on point except I'm using Code Blocks (17.12) with Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools only. After getting over that hurdle I encountered the issue referenced in my title, and also in this Q&A: LINK: fatal error LNK 1104: cannot open file 'LIBCMT.lib'



I do not, however, believe my question is an (exact) duplicate, since, for one, I'm using Code Blocks. Also I hope you can appreciate how thorough I've been before submitting this.



First I determined that the file was on my system at:



C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Visual Studio2017BuildToolsVCToolsMSVC14.16.27023libx86



Its basename (before the extension) was all lower case though instead of upper as in the error message, so I tried changing it to upper case, which didn't work. In the error message I also noted that it says it cannot open the file, so I checked the permissions on the file; it allows read and execute permissions.



Within Code Blocks I adjusted a number of settings. For instance I referenced the file's directory in not one, but two places, to be on the safe side, in Code Block's compiler options: "Search directories", and "Toolchain executables/Additional Paths" (if you referred to the issue with not finding stdio.h that I solved, it was by adjusting one of these). Furthermore, I tried toggling between the compiler settings for compiling as C or C++. None of these settings worked.



So I tried a couple of ideas I got from the related Q&A. For one, I tried by running Code Blocks as administrator. Secondly, I ran vsvars64.bat. All to no avail.



For the time being I've exhausted all options I can think of. I hope it was ok to use language tags on this, C++ was used in the two Q&A's I reference.



Thanks in advance







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  • Google "codeblocks set library path". First hit looks good, step 3/4D.

    – Hans Passant
    Nov 25 '18 at 15:50











  • @HansPassant Let me try but I've been down this road already, perhaps there are a couple of tweaks in there though

    – George Jempty
    Nov 25 '18 at 16:39











  • @HansPassant That actually did help, I specified libcmt.lib as one of the link libraries, then it complained about not finding oldnames.lib and I specified that too. Then I got past that error to some others however; still though, it's progress. When I figure it all out I may answer my own question, otherwise I may just switch to Visual Studio as the IDE

    – George Jempty
    Nov 25 '18 at 17:11





















  • Google "codeblocks set library path". First hit looks good, step 3/4D.

    – Hans Passant
    Nov 25 '18 at 15:50











  • @HansPassant Let me try but I've been down this road already, perhaps there are a couple of tweaks in there though

    – George Jempty
    Nov 25 '18 at 16:39











  • @HansPassant That actually did help, I specified libcmt.lib as one of the link libraries, then it complained about not finding oldnames.lib and I specified that too. Then I got past that error to some others however; still though, it's progress. When I figure it all out I may answer my own question, otherwise I may just switch to Visual Studio as the IDE

    – George Jempty
    Nov 25 '18 at 17:11



















Google "codeblocks set library path". First hit looks good, step 3/4D.

– Hans Passant
Nov 25 '18 at 15:50





Google "codeblocks set library path". First hit looks good, step 3/4D.

– Hans Passant
Nov 25 '18 at 15:50













@HansPassant Let me try but I've been down this road already, perhaps there are a couple of tweaks in there though

– George Jempty
Nov 25 '18 at 16:39





@HansPassant Let me try but I've been down this road already, perhaps there are a couple of tweaks in there though

– George Jempty
Nov 25 '18 at 16:39













@HansPassant That actually did help, I specified libcmt.lib as one of the link libraries, then it complained about not finding oldnames.lib and I specified that too. Then I got past that error to some others however; still though, it's progress. When I figure it all out I may answer my own question, otherwise I may just switch to Visual Studio as the IDE

– George Jempty
Nov 25 '18 at 17:11







@HansPassant That actually did help, I specified libcmt.lib as one of the link libraries, then it complained about not finding oldnames.lib and I specified that too. Then I got past that error to some others however; still though, it's progress. When I figure it all out I may answer my own question, otherwise I may just switch to Visual Studio as the IDE

– George Jempty
Nov 25 '18 at 17:11














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