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Q85889: PRB: "Unrecognized Linker Switch /NOP" Linking Setup Toolkit

Article: Q85889
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb16bitonly
Last Modified: 10-MAR-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1 
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SYMPTOMS
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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:

  LINK: Fatal error L1001: NOP : option name ambiguous

  -or-

  Unrecognized Linker Switch /NOP

CAUSE
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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
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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 query words: 3.10 no32bit

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Keywords          : kb16bitonly 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK310
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1
Issue type        : kbprb

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