DevC++ Linker Errors

Question

I am receiving the following errors in my win32 api code in devc++:

[Linker error] undefined reference to `EnumProcessModules@16' 

[Linker error] undefined reference to `GetModuleFileNameExA@16'

ld returned 1 exit status

How can I solve this problem? I tried using

#pragma comment(lib, "psapi.lib")

since it was a linker issue but it did not help whatsoever.

Your linker is missing the reference to the library in which these functions are defined. What IDE are you using? — juergen d, Mar 10 '12 at 06:12
You should probably get rid of Dev-C++, as it's usually the source of most errors. — Bartek Banachewicz, Mar 10 '12 at 09:23
Why would you use Dev-C++? Do you like torturing yourself? There are free up-to-date IDEs and compilers which *don't* suck. Why not use one of them? — jalf, Mar 10 '12 at 09:30

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 05 '18 at 15:42

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For future reference I got it to work in CMake as follows, credit goes to Chibueze Opata:

find_library (PSAPI Psapi)

...

add_executable(...)

...

target_link_libraries(Basic -lpsapi)

answered Dec 05 '18 at 15:42

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Cheers and hth. - Alf · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-10T11:15:07.500

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Link with the library that provides the missing functions.

As mentioned in the question comments, g++ (which most likely is the compiler that you’re using with DevC++) does unfortunately not support #pragma comment.

Also, as mentioned in the question comments, DevC++ is a rather outdated and ungood IDE. Since you are using Windows, try out e.g. Code::Blocks IDE for the g++ compiler, or Microsoft’s Visual C++ Express IDE for Visual C++. And with the latter you can use the #pragma, if you want…

edited Mar 10 '12 at 11:15

answered Mar 10 '12 at 09:20

Cheers and hth. - Alf

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The right answer is to add `-lpsapi` to the linker options. – Chibueze Opata Aug 09 '14 at 19:34
@ChibuezeOpata: no, that's not the "right" answer at all; it is of negative utility. you might benefit from exploring ["Give a man a fish"](http://bit.ly/19IxXJA). or perhaps not, i don't know. – Cheers and hth. - Alf Aug 09 '14 at 20:00
Yes, [we can agree to disagree](http://orwelldevcpp.blogspot.com/) when you put any of your suggestions on a USB. – Chibueze Opata Aug 09 '14 at 20:35
@ChibuezeOpata: I guess you're the [ignorant](http://bit.ly/1omw6o1) downvoter. Jeez. Could you not think of anything better to do than to vandalize a perfectly good answer and then downvote it. – Cheers and hth. - Alf Aug 10 '14 at 04:20
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Your answer is not perfectly good. Kindly include the actual answer with your personal suggestion and I will revise my downvote. Nothing of what you mentioned in your answer solves the problem neither is DevCPP so bad or 'ungood'. – Chibueze Opata Aug 11 '14 at 00:27

DevC++ Linker Errors

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