LNK1104: cannot open file 'rpcndr4.lib'

Question

I was working in VS2005 in WindowsXP 64-bit platform and now I am converting all my projects in to VS2010 in Windows7 64-bit. While building one of my project I am getting a link error "LNK1104: cannot open file rpcndr.lib". The project builds in VS2005 without any issues in my machine.

Whether its anything related to Platform SDK..? otherwise what's the solution for this issue.?

I read from a link that I have to install latest platform SDK to solve this issue. I tried to download platform SDK 4.0 for Windows7 but it always get failed in my machine by stopping download infinitely.

Regards, Nixon

Answer 1

Whether its anything related to Platform SDK..? otherwise what's the solution for this issue.?

SOLUTION TO QUESTION: 'rpcndr4.lib' is obsolete in the new SDK, so just edit your project > Props > Linker > input > Addition Dep..: and remove 'rpcndr4.lib'

I read from a link that I have to install latest platform SDK to solve this issue. I tried to download platform SDK 4.0 for Windows7 but it always get failed in my machine by stopping download infinitely.

WORKAROUND: I had same problem. So I downloaded SDK onto my Windows-7 32-bit laptop without problem, then copied it to my Win-7 64-bit desktop.

Answer 2

I just solved the issue from the comment mentioned in the below website: https://henbo.wordpress.com/2006/11/22/lnk1181-cannot-open-input-file-rpcndr-lib/

You also need to remove comment out the line

//#pragma comment(lib, “rpcndr.lib”)

in the dlldatax.c file