Link error undefined symbol: __imp__InterlockedIncrement at 4 on windows

[Clayton Alves]

On Saturday, 11 April 2020 at 05:45:37 UTC, evilrat wrote:
> On Thursday, 9 April 2020 at 14:07:10 UTC, Clayton Alves wrote:
>> I'm trying to compile my first hello world dub project, but 
>> when I run "dub" it spits this error:
>>
>> lld-link: error: undefined symbol: 
>> __imp__InterlockedIncrement at 4
>>
>> Does anybody have any clues what is going on ?
>
> This is from WinAPI, a very common one
> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winnt/nf-winnt-interlockedincrement
>
> It seems shipped version of kernel32.lib is missing that 
> symbol. If you don't mind installing Windows SDK and build 
> tools this is usually the way to go.
>
> On the other hand if you are specifically looking to use 
> minimal as possible setup you could also try LDC (assuming 
> you've been using DMD)

Thank you @evilrat,

After reinstalling windows SDK and build tools the error is gone.