PRB: "Unrecognized Linker Switch /NOP" Linking Setup Toolkit

ID Number: Q85889

3.10

WINDOWS

Summary:

SYMPTOMS

Building the Setup Toolkit for Windows provided with version 3.1 of

the Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) causes the

following error message when the application is linked:

Unrecognized Linker Switch /NOP

CAUSE

The Setup Toolkit is built with the Microsoft C/C++ compiler

version 7.0. The Setup Toolkit files are designed for use with

Microsoft C version 6.0.

RESOLUTION

Modify the CUISTF.LNK and CUISTFD.LNK files in the Setup Toolkit

BLDCUI directory (by default, C:\WINDEV\MSSETUP\BLDCUI) to replace

the /NOP switch in the first line with the /NOPACKC switch. The

first line of the corrected files is as follows:

/NOL /NOPACKC /align:16 libentry dlgprocs

Additional reference words: 3.10 6.00 7.00