Questions tagged [lnk2005]
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Proper way to deal with LNK errors
So I've been programming for a little while and I run into LNK errors all the time and just don't really know how to deal with them. Most often I get Unresolved external symbol or '. . . ' was already defined in . obj. This probably comes from how I…

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Why am I getting a Link error when I try to overload an operator?
I'm doing a project exercise, where I'm revising a previous project of a class I created called Polynomial to use a link list (the original used arrays). The link list uses a template so that any type can be passed into it.
One of the problems I ran…
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How do I fix the error LNK2005 struct node * root" (?root@@3PAUnode@@A) already defined in AVL.obj?
My assignment is separated into a header file (.h), implementation file (.cpp) and main file (*.cpp).
The program is supposed to do the following:
Build an AVL tree and display it on the screen at any time during the insertion.
After the tree was…

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Error LNK2005 and error LNK1169 multiple definition in Visual Studio 16.7.0 2019 Release x64 Win10 Pro 2004
Some code was written by me, the rest by my partner and his last partner. I'm working with a partner whom also does not fully understand the code as his last partner did some of it. He still understands it more than I do.
Removed…

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Linker error when building visual C++ 2008 project
I've recently been tasked at work to try to migrate a C++ project from its old Windws 2003 server to a Windows 2008.
For the moment, I am trying to build the application locally, on my Windows 7PC.
I've followed an installation guide that I've…

Radu Cristian Neagoe
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LNK2005 and LNK 1160 in vc++
I'm new to c++ and vc++ and i used 3rd party library bioapi. I successfully integrated it but when I tried to use the sample working program of bioapi, the misc.h and misc.cpp, i got an error LNK2005 AND LNK1160.
By the way I created this as CLR…

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LNK2005 of death (c++)
I have a simple class:
Bunny.h
class Bunny
{
public:
Bunny(string givenName);
~Bunny();
private:
string name;
};
Bunny.cpp
#pragma once
#include "Bunny.h"
Bunny(string givenName)
{
name = givenName;
};
(I rewrote the code…

Eshel56765
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WPF Exe invoking function & setting variables in C++ DLL
I have a WPF application which needs to invoke a function in a DLL written in C++.
ILLUSTRATION
WPFAppClass.cs (C#)
public class SampleClass
{
[DllImport("SimDll.dll")]
public static extern bool SetLoggingOn(string path);
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Ankit
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Why do I get so many `LNK2005` errors despite using `#ifndef #define #endif` code blocks in my .h files?
I have 21 files as shown here in the picture:
The following 35 functions are declared in lines 364-411 of util.h inside a
#ifndef FlagUtil
#define FlagUtil
#endif
code block:
Create_Pix, Remove_Pix, my_round, edit_error, check_file,…

Sepideh Abadpour
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C++ LNK 2005 Error "already defined in .obj
Im getting this LNK 2005 error even though I have crated the game class using the proper header file and cpp file format as far as im aware.
Which after googling the problem for a while seems to be the main reason for this error, can anyone see what…

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C++ MSXML, LINK error "already defined in obj"
I don't understand what I did wrong
Common.h
#pragma once
#include "Flisr.h"
#import named_guids
MSXML2::IXMLDOMDocumentPtr m_plDomDocument;
MSXML2::IXMLDOMElementPtr m_pDocRoot;
Common.cpp
#include "Common.h"
//some…

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Linker errors for multiple defined symbols when defining a static class field
I have a class in which I defined a static integer that I hope will keep track of how many objects of that class get instantiated.
class mob {
public:
mob::mob();
mob::mob(std::string, std::string, int, int, int, int, int);
//some other…

Daniel Mateus
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LNK2005 and LNK1169 errors for templated code
Please read my specific problem before you mark this question as a duplicate because no other questions answer my problem.
I am getting the following link errors:
error LNK2005: "int__cdecl menu(void)" (?menu@@YAHXZ) already defined in function.obj"…

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C++ LNK2005 error related to enum
I am getting LNK error 2005 due to the use of enum in header file. I am not sure what is wrong with it though. Is enum usually included in the header file?
Here is my code. I have 4 files: board.h, board.cpp, Solitaire.h,…

Ella Y.
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Linker problem in Release when trying to add GLUI library to project
I try to add the GLUI library to my project.
Compiling in Debug mode runs fine. But if I compile in Release, it gives me a bunch of LNK2005 errors saying things like:
error LNK2005: _realloc already defined in Libcmt.lib(realloc.obj)
ok - i already…

Mat
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