LIB Reference

The Microsoft Library Manager (LIB.exe) creates and manages a library of Common Object File Format (COFF) object files. LIB can also be used to create export files and import libraries to reference exported definitions.

Note

You can start this tool only from the Visual Studio command prompt. You cannot start it from a system command prompt or from File Explorer.

• Overview of LIB

• How to: Set LIB.EXE Options in the Visual Studio Development Environment

• Running LIB

• Managing a Library

• Extracting a Library Member

• Working with Import Libraries and Export Files

See also

Additional MSVC Build Tools