Cannot open file error executing link exe

I think the libraries files have to be separated with a single space. If path contains a space, then use quotation marks.

Otherwise «;» and «,» are treated as file names with «.obj» default extension.

Hope it helps.

Check you linker settings. Did you placed a comma into one of those fields? Separate entries with a semicolon.

Sorry! I have no idea.

I even can not see that there is a part like this in the command line.

Try to create a new project from scratch.

Check you linker settings. Did you placed a comma into one of those fields? Separate entries with a semicolon.

I checked my linker settings.. Earlier i was using comma to seperate entries sso in was getting error with «,.obj» input file

Now, i replaced comma with semi-colon and now i am getting same error with «;.obj» file..

Plz help me out…

What did you entered in you linker settings.

I tried following two:

First time i tried this one :

«E:MSDev98MyProjectsDCMConverterpngDebugpng.lib» ; «E:MSDev98MyProjectsDCMConverterjpegDebugjpeg.lib» ; «E:MSDev98MyProjectsDCMConverterzlibDebugzlib.lib» ; «E:MSDev98MyProjectsDCMConvertertiffDebugtiff.lib» ; «E:MSDev98MyProjectsDCMConvertercximageDebugcximage.lib»

and second time i tried this one:

E:MSDev98MyProjectsDCMConverterpngDebugpng.lib ; E:MSDev98MyProjectsDCMConverterjpegDebugjpeg.lib ; E:MSDev98MyProjectsDCMConverterzlibDebugzlib.lib ; E:MSDev98MyProjectsDCMConvertertiffDebugtiff.lib ; E:MSDev98MyProjectsDCMConvertercximageDebugcximage.lib

In both cases i m getting the same error msg

Linking…
LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file «;.obj»
Error executing link.exe.

Look into the build log, what is the command line for the build process.

I am sending you the command line of build log

I am new to VC++ so, Its difficult for me to find error in this log.

Build Log

--------------------Configuration: DCMConverter - Win32 Debug--------------------

Command Lines
Creating temporary file "C:DOCUME~1ADMINI~1LOCALS~1TempRSP10B.tmp" with contents
[
E:MSDev98MyProjectsDCMConverterpngDebugpng.lib ; E:MSDev98MyProjectsDCMConverterjpegDebugjpeg.lib ; E:MSDev98MyProjectsDCMConverterzlibDebugzlib.lib ; E:MSDev98MyProjectsDCMConvertertiffDebugtiff.lib ; E:MSDev98MyProjectsDCMConvertercximageDebugcximage.lib /nologo /subsystem:windows /incremental:yes /pdb:"Debug/DCMConverter.pdb" /debug /machine:I386 /nodefaultlib:"msvcprtd.lib" /nodefaultlib:"msvcrtd.lib" /nodefaultlib:"msvcrt.lib" /out:"Release/DCMConverter.exe" /pdbtype:sept /libpath:"D:cximage599c_fullCxImageCxImageDLLDebug" /libpath:"D:dcmtkdcmtk-3.5.3Debug" /libpath:"D:dcmtkconfiginclude" /libpath:"D:dcmtkdcmjpeginclude" /libpath:"D:dcmtkofstdinclude" /libpath:"D:dcmtkdcmdatainclude" /libpath:"D:dcmtkdcmimgleinclude" /libpath:"D:dcmtkdcmimageinclude" /libpath:"D:dcmtkdcmjpeglibijg8" /libpath:"D:dcmtkdcmjpeglibijg12" /libpath:"D:dcmtkdcmjpeglibijg16" /libpath:"D:dcmtkzlib-1.2.1" /libpath:"D:dcmtktiff-v3.6.1libtiff" /libpath:"D:dcmtklibpng-1.2.5" 
.DebugDCMConverter.obj
.DebugDCMConverterDlg.obj
.DebugStdAfx.obj
.DebugxImageDCM.obj
.DebugDCMConverter.res
]
Creating command line "link.exe @C:DOCUME~1ADMINI~1LOCALS~1TempRSP10B.tmp"
Output Window
Linking...
LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file ";.obj"
Error executing link.exe.



Results
DCMConverter.exe - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)

Sorry! I have no idea.

I even can not see that there is a part like this in the command line.

Try to create a new project from scratch.

As Martin suggested, try creating project from scratch and see if the issue still reproduces.

hello

 i’am a new member; please will tell me if you have already found a solution for this problem , because i have the same problem, please it’s very urgent for me :

the message is:

Linking…

LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file ‘.DebugAssemblyInfo.obj’

thanks a lot

Please create a new thread.

Check your linker settings as I wrot ein this thread. Do you have an module named AssemblyInfo?

thanks for your answer

i have a module named AssemblyInfo, but my programm don’t generate AssemblyInfo.obj .

I don’t know what to change in linker settings will you help me please!

What kind of project is this? Managed C++/CLI?

What did you added to the project, what source files you have?

it’s C++, with a dll main. a added sources that i had in visual studio C++ , and now i want to have them in visual studio .Net

did you think that i should change liker settings ?

hello

 i’am a new member; please will tell me if you have already found a solution for this problem , because i have the same problem, please it’s very urgent for me :

the message is:

Linking…

LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file ‘.DebugAssemblyInfo.obj’

thanks a lot

Whats in your linker settings?

I think the libraries files have to be separated with a single space. If path contains a space, then use quotation marks.

Otherwise «;» and «,» are treated as file names with «.obj» default extension.

Hope it helps.

hi,

sorry, if i m late in replying that query.

i am not very good at vc++ but yes i have two options to go for ur problem:

first, go to the linker settings give their full path (like D;test……) and not the relative one…

then build ur code again and then execute…

if this helps thn its ok otherwise delete this «.DebugAssemblyInfo.obj» entry from the linker settings and then build the whole project again…

hope one of these may help you…

I confirm, after a lot of try i find that the libraries files have to be separated with a single space.

Hello ,

I have the same problem, using Visual studio 2008, but i really don’t understand what are the indications! How can I change the linker settings?

When i look into the Linker…it has many submodules, like Generate, Input….and in the end: Command line, which has the following:

/OUT:»C:Documents and SettingssimonaMy DocumentsVisual Studio 2008Projects1Debug1.exe» /INCREMENTAL /NOLOGO /MANIFEST /MANIFESTFILE:»Debug1.exe.intermediate.manifest» /MANIFESTUAC:»level=’asInvoker’ uiAccess=’false'» /DEBUG /PDB:»C:Documents and SettingssimonaMy DocumentsVisual Studio 2008Projects1Debug1.pdb» /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS /DYNAMICBASE /NXCOMPAT /MACHINE:X86 /ERRORREPORT:PROMPT kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib

I just wrote a simple Hello world program. I get this error all the time(also in Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008):

Error    1    fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file ‘.Debugmain.obj’    2    2

Where main is the simple hello world program, whether it’s C++ or C. I tried reinstalling many times. No luck.

Help , please??

Thanks

Try resetting all your settings from whithin IDE.
to do so under tool menu click import and export settings then click reset all.

give it a try.

regards

Adi

A K

I have encounterd the same problem，but I can’t find linker in project settings，instead I find library，how can I solve the problem？

I ran into a similar problem on Visual Studio 2017.

The error was indeed cryptic. I got it to work by realizing that I forgot to include some external cpp files that needed to be compiled and built with my project.

For those of you who run into the problem and found this thread, check and make sure that you haven’t forgot to include:

1. External .cpp files
2. That in your Linker –> Input –> Additional Dependencies settings, there’s no blank library like «.» or «$(INHERIT)»