LNK1181: cannot open input file "kernel32.lib"

When I am building the SFunction I am building with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 I am getting S function builder LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file "kernel32.lib". When I checked the path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\Lib I found "kernel32.lib" Can any one suggest me how to resolve this error.Any additional setting I have to do?

Regards Ajith

Hi anyone know what settings we have to do for this?

Answer 1

Hi Ajith,

Please follow the below steps and you can resolve the issue.

When you run >> mex -setup command on your command window, file mexopts.bat placed in the path "C:\Documents and Settings\users\Application Data\MathWorks\MATLAB\R2011a" gets updated.

If you open this file with wordpad, you can observe the below instruction under the section "General Parameters" set VSINSTALLDIR=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\

Just modify the instruction as shown below and save the file

set VSINSTALLDIR=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\

Now try to build the SFunction. The error will be resolved. This is a temporary solution. Next time you run the >> mex -setup command, the error reappears :)

Now you can repeat the above steps once again to get rid of the issue