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

[Ajith]

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

Answer 1

[Renish Ramegowda]

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

[Shuhang Zhai]

I'm having the same issue running R2012b on Windows 7 with the Windows 7 SDK.

The line in mexopts.bat is: set VSINSTALLDIR=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0

There doesn't seem to be anything obvious to change it to. I've looked around online and haven't found anything useful. Any suggestions?

Answer 2

[Cliff]

I'm having the same issue running R2013b on Windows 7 with the Windows 7 SDK.

The line in mexopts.bat is: set VSINSTALLDIR=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0

There doesn't seem to be anything obvious to change it to. I've looked around online and haven't found anything useful. Any suggestions?

[Shuhang Zhai]

Yes I am facing exactly the same issue now. And I have struggled for several days. How did you solve it?

[Joshua Winebarger]

I have this same problem as well. Is there no one who can answer this?

Answer 3

[Jérôme Unknown]

If you're having this issue LNK1181: cannot open input file "kernel32.lib" with mex with any other lib, you might need to clean up your current configuration file: C:\Documents and Settings\users\Application Data\MathWorks\MATLAB\R2013a (i.e. create a backup and then delete this file) and re-execute:

mex -setup

in Matlab to get a clean configuration.

If resetting your config and selecting the other compilers available on your computer, you might also consider upgrading to a newer Visual Studio also or Windows SDK (also including a compiler), there are incompatibilities with older versions and reexecuting this mex -setup to select your fresh compiler.