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I use Win 10 Visual Studio 2019.This error will be like that: Library/Debug/StaticLib is not a valid Win32 application.
I try many methods on Internet but it's failed.
Please help me, thanks you so much.
What is it that you are doing when you get the error? Are you doing a build or are you trying to execute something? If execute then how are you doing that?
If your solution includes several projects, then right-click the main project (which generates the application) in Solution Explorer and select “Set as Startup Project”.
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Viorel-1's sugestion did the job. This happens when the project is opened, e.g. after pulling from a GIT repository.
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yes, that resolved it for me too; thanks!
Funny that MSVC suddenly 'forgets' which one was the Startup Project. You'd think that is saved somewhere in the files that come from GIT repository - everything else is saved too.
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Thank you so much Viorel You have saved my day. It Worked. MSVC needs to resolve this bug.
Hi,
Did you get the error like this?
As far as I'm concerned, it may build correctly but you're trying to run the .lib like an application. You should right click on the project and select 'Build' like the following show.
After you finish building the .lib project, you will get a .lib file like this in the debug folder.
And then you could add it to your C++ project:
1,Add the path to the header file to the Additional Include Directories(property - >c/c++ -> General -> Additional Include Directories)
2,Add the path to the .lib file to the Additional Library Directories (property -> linker -> General -> Additional Library Directories)
3,Add the name of the .lib file with its extension to Additional Dependencies (property -> linker -> input -> Additional Dependencies)
For more details about how to use a static library, I suggest you could refer to the Doc.
Thank you!
i'm sorry, it doesn't work
Static Library (.lib) files are not applications (.exe). If you want to use it, you need to make an application and link the library to it. You couldn't run the Static Library (.lib) files directly.
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