LNK1104: cannot open file 'msvcrt.lib'
⚓ Rust 📅 2026-01-09 👤 surdeus 👁️ 3Ever since I updated to 1.92.0, some of my dependencies' dependencies cause trouble linking.
Now, I know this issue might not be Rust-specific, since Googling this shows the same problem for C++, but I'm not acquainted enough to know what any of the error messaging means, and I'm hoping that you can be of help.
I've tried reinstalling Rust using rustup self uninstall and I (re)installed the latest MSVC just to be sure.
"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2022\\Community\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.44.35207\\bin\\HostX64\\x64\\link.exe" "/NOLOGO" "(my user folder)\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\rustcsPcQgD\\symbols.o" "<3 object files omitted>" "<sysroot>\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib/{libstd-*,libpanic_unwind-*,libcfg_if-*,libwindows_targets-*,librustc_demangle-*,libstd_detect-*,libhashbrown-*,librustc_std_workspace_alloc-*,libunwind-*,librustc_std_workspace_core-*,liballoc-*,libcore-*,libcompiler_builtins-*}.rlib" "kernel32.lib" "kernel32.lib" "kernel32.lib" "ntdll.lib" "userenv.lib" "ws2_32.lib" "dbghelp.lib" "/defaultlib:msvcrt" "/NXCOMPAT" "/OUT:(my project folder)\\target\\debug\\build\\rustversion-794a1f2e5527248c\\build_script_build-794a1f2e5527248c.exe" "/OPT:REF,NOICF" "/DEBUG" "/PDBALTPATH:%_PDB%" "/NATVIS:<sysroot>\\lib\\rustlib\\etc\\intrinsic.natvis" "/NATVIS:<sysroot>\\lib\\rustlib\\etc\\liballoc.natvis" "/NATVIS:<sysroot>\\lib\\rustlib\\etc\\libcore.natvis" "/NATVIS:<sysroot>\\lib\\rustlib\\etc\\libstd.natvis"
= note: some arguments are omitted. use `--verbose` to show all linker arguments
= note: LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'msvcrt.lib'
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