link.exe fails with error -1073741515.

[juj]

When using the Clang Compiler + MS Linker toolchain, building can fail during the link stage to the following error:

1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\Platforms\vs-tool\Microsoft.Cpp.vs-tool.Targets(182,5): error MSB6006: "c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\BIN\link.exe" exited with code -1073741515.

As a workaround, adding the following directories to system PATH removes the problem:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\bin

(if you have VS installed to a different folder, adjust the paths accordingly)

[crowriot]

a little late to the party, but here's how i've solved the problem: I've created a 'linkstub.bat' file with the following contents and pointing $(MsLinkExe) to the .bat file instead. So there's no need to mess around with the PATH environment variables

call "%VS100COMNTOOLS%\vsvars32.bat"
"%VS100COMNTOOLS%....\VC\bin\link.exe" %*

the error code translated to hex is 0xC0000135 and it just means that it can't find some dll.

[juj]

Thanks! Your solution looks like something better that I could incorporate to the vs-tool repo itself, so that would remove one item from user configuration steps.