fatal error LNK1104 cannot open file kernel32 lib

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I ve been getting this error ever since I installed the  NET Framework SDK for 64-bit programming on my Visual C   2010 Express compiler  I can t compile even a simple program at all because of this single error I m getting  My platform is x86  Here is a snap shot if it helps     I don t know what more to say  I just downloaded this compiler yesterday and it was working fine  I wanted to upgrade from 32-bit programming to 64-bit so I could work with Assembly  so I downloaded this SDK  I searched on Google and even here on Stackoverflow  Google didn t help much  but I found a post here that seemed similar to mine but the answers didn t do much justice  Does anyone know why this error is occurring and how I can get rid of it

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For command line  i e  - makefile  users only    When you install VC   Express  it is 32-bit only  So  things go into C  Program Files  x86   Then  you decide to upgrade to 64-bit capabillities  So  you install the SDK  But it is 64-bit capable  So  things go into C  Program Files    You  like me  probably  tuned  your makefile to  1  above  via something like this   MS SDK BASE DOS    C  Program Files  x86  Microsoft SDKs Windows v7 0A ENV SET            LIB    MS SDK BASE DOS  Lib x64    But  now  you need to change that tuning to  2  above  like this   MS SDK BASE DOS    C  Program Files Microsoft SDKs Windows v7 1    Don t miss the  v7 0A  to  v7 1  change  as well

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I had a differnt problem on Windows 10 with Visual Studio 2017 but with the same effects  I think my problems came down to VS being installed onto a drive other than  C     I solved the problem by Reinstalling Windows 10 SDK  First I had to uninstall the Windows SDK  there were two versions installed   Then ran the executable  Once installed  ran visual studio and it worked fine

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Today in Visual Studio 2017 I had the same problem    The cause in my case turned out to be a bad environment setting in NETFXSDKDir  NETFXSDKDir C  Program Files  x86  Windows Kits NETFXSDK 4 6 1   It needs to be instead NETFXSDKDir C  Program Files  x86  Windows Kits 10 Lib 10 0 10240 0 um x86  Specifically  as set in this batch file  my directory actually has 4 different files  for the Command Prompt for VS2017    comspec   k  C  Program Files  x86  Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Enterprise VC Auxiliary Build vcvars32 bat    as I am reluctant to change one of the  as installed  batch files hellip  even more as that batch file calls another yet another    call    dp0vcvarsall bat  x86         instead for my specific C   command-line app  I simply added the explicit path text   C  Program Files  x86  Windows Kits 10 Lib 10 0 10240 0 um x86 for a total string in  Library Directories  like this    VC LibraryPath x86    WindowsSDK LibraryPath x86    NETFXKitsDir Lib um x86 C  Program Files  x86  Windows Kits 10 Lib 10 0 10240 0 um x86   Right click on project  Properties  rarr  Configuration Properties  rarr  VC   Directories  rarr  Library Directories   That resolved my  fatal error LNK1104  cannot open file  kernel32 lib   error  I found that hint in this GitHub issue   Note this is reproducible in Visual Studio 2017 Enterprise 2017 Version 15 1  26403 0  even after successful  repair  install hellip  when creating a new Visual C   Win32 Console Application and attempting to compile   In fact  unless a blank application is created  the default template also includes reference to  lt SDKDDKVer h gt  and with that I get this additional error  Error  active   E1696   cannot open source file  SDKDDKVer h   So I created an empty C   project

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Make sure you have in VC   directories  Right click project  Click Property Page     Include Directories    IncludePath   List item Library Directories    LibraryPath

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Change the platform toolset to   Windows7 1SDK  under project properties- configuration properties- general

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Add lib path of WindowsSdks in project- properties- Configuration Properties- VC   Directories -  Library directories   I added following path and error goes    C  Program Files  x86  Microsoft SDKs Windows v7 1A Lib   My system is Win-7  64bit  VS 2013   net framework 4 5

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In Visual Studio 2017  I went to Project Properties -  Configuration Properties -  General  Selected All Platforms  1   then chose the dropdown  2  under Windows SDK Version and updated from 10 0 14393 0 to one that was installed  3   For me  that was 10 0 15063 0     Additional details  This corrected the error in my case because  Windows SDK Version helps VS select the correct paths  VC   Directories -  Library Directories -  Edit -  Macros -  shows that macro   WindowsSDK LibraryPath x86  has a path with the version number selected above

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If the above solution doesn t work  check to see if you have   LibraryPath  in Properties- VC   Directories- Library Directories  If you are missing it  try adding it

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OS   Win10  Visual Studio 2015  Solution   Go to control panel ---  uninstall program ---MSvisual studio ----  change ---- organize   repair   and repair it  Note that you must connect to internet until repairing finish   Good luck

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I got a similar error  the problem stopped when I checked my  Linker -  Input -  Additional Dependencies  list in the project properties  I was missing a semi colon      just before    AdditionalDependencies    I also had the same entry in twice  You should edit this list separately for Debug and Release

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I just met and solved this problem by myself  My problem is a little different  I m using visual studio on Windows 10  When I create the project  the Target Platform Version was automatically set to 10 0 15063 0  But there is no kernel32 lib for this version of SDK  neither are other necessary header files and lib files  So I modified the Target Platform Version to 8 1  And it worked   Environment    Windows 10 Visual Studio 2015 Visual C     Solution    Open the project s Property Page  Navigate to General page  Modify Target Platform Version to the desired target platform  e g  8 1

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Check the VC   directories  in VS 2010 these can be found in your project properties  Check whether   WindowsSdkDir  lib is included in the directories list  if not  manually add it  If you re building for X64 platform  you should select X64 from the    Platform    ComboBox  and make sure that   WindowsSdkDir  lib x64 is included in the directories list

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gero s solution worked for me  In Visual Studios 2012  take the following steps   - Go to Solution Explorer  - Right click on your project  - Go to Properties  - Configuration Properties -  General  - Platform Toolset -  change to Windows7 1SDK

[visual-studio-2010] fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'kernel32.lib'

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