FIX: Developer Studio Ignores /nologo Linker Setting

• The Microsoft Linker (LINK.EXE), used with:
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 32-bit Edition, versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.2

SYMPTOMS

Deselecting the Suppress Startup Banner (/nologo) linker option from within the Developer Studio does not cause the linker banner to display when building the project.

CAUSE

When building from within Developer Studio, the linker is spawned directly from the environment. The linker does not echo the command line options unless the options are received from a linker response file.

RESOLUTION

If you need to view the linker options, on the Project menu, click Settings, and click the Link tab. In the Settings For box, select the target for which you want to view the options. The command line options will appear under Project Options.

The only way to see the actual command line while executing is to build the project from the command line. To do this, you may need to run the Vcvars32.bat file in the \Msdev\Bin directory to set up the environment variables. Change to the directory containing the project makefile and enter this command:

   nmake /f <MakefileName.mak> 

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Visual C++ version 5.0.

Additional query words: kbVC400bug

Keywords : kbVC500fix LinkIss
Version : :4.0,4.1,4.2
Platform : NT WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug