64 bit compiling linker issues for .def file. (Statements not supported.)

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Configuration. Visual Studio 2010 with 64bit SDK's installed. Running 
Visual D. (Build system is Windows 7 Professional x64)
DMD build configuration set according to the wiki ( 
http://wiki.dlang.org/Installing_DMD_on_64-bit_Windows_7_%28COFF-compatible%29 
) minus the setting of the -m64 setting. (That forces the compiler to 
always compile in 64 bit. I do both 32 and 64 bit.)
Problem: While trying to compile any GUI program with the standard .def 
file (EXETPE:NT SUBSYSTEM WINDOWS), I get a linker error that states X 
"statement not supported for the target platform; ignored" for both of 
these commands. This, in turn will show the command prompt window during 
the running of the program.
     What are the correct settings to fix this?