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/LARGEADDRESSAWARE (Handle Large Addresses)

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/LARGEADDRESSAWARE[:NO]

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The /LARGEADDRESSAWARE option tells the linker that the application can handle addresses larger than 2 gigabytes. In the 64-bit compilers, this option is enabled by default. In the 32-bit compilers, /LARGEADDRESSAWARE:NO is enabled if /LARGEADDRESSAWARE is not otherwise specified on the linker line.

If an application was linked with /LARGEADDRESSAWARE, DUMPBIN /HEADERS will display information to that effect.

To set this linker option in the Visual Studio development environment

  1. Open the project's Property Pages dialog box. For details, see Set C++ compiler and build properties in Visual Studio.

  2. Select the Configuration Properties > Linker > System property page.

  3. Modify the Enable Large Addresses property.

To set this linker option programmatically

See also

MSVC linker reference
MSVC Linker Options