# Cinder 0.9.1 and VisualStudio 2015 (not working)

**URL:** <https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/cinder-0-9-1-and-visualstudio-2015-not-working/750>\
**Category:** Using Cinder\
**Created:** [June 28, 2017, 10:01am UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/cinder-0-9-1-and-visualstudio-2015-not-working/750 "2017-06-28T10:01:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dazzid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.libcinder.org/dazzid/32/158_2.png) [@Dazzid](https://discourse.libcinder.org/u/Dazzid)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 10:01am UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/cinder-0-9-1-and-visualstudio-2015-not-working/750/1 "2017-06-28T10:01:04Z")

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Hi All,  
I’m new on Windows, ☹ . I can’t make Visual Studio 2015 to run cinder 0.9.1 examples. I already installed C++ and Windows Target Platform on 8.1. But I have an error, LNK1104 cannot open file 'cinder.lib’  
How to fix it?  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![xumo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.libcinder.org/xumo/32/75_2.png) [@xumo](https://discourse.libcinder.org/u/xumo)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 11:27am UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/cinder-0-9-1-and-visualstudio-2015-not-working/750/2 "2017-06-28T11:27:21Z")

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VErsion 0.9.1 is released wtih VS 2013 projects that use de v120 compiler version, so you need to compile cinder for VS 2015 first.

Open the solution found in **cinder\_0.9.1\_vc2013\proj\vc2013** , accept to upgrade the compiler version (I think that would be v140) an then compile it for the version you want to use (Release win32, Debug win32, Release x64, etc).

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**Author:** ![balachandran\_c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f17d59/32.png) [@balachandran\_c](https://discourse.libcinder.org/u/balachandran_c)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 11:45am UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/cinder-0-9-1-and-visualstudio-2015-not-working/750/3 "2017-06-28T11:45:33Z")

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> [@xumo](#):
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> Open the solution found in cinder\_0.9.1\_vc2013\proj\vc2013, accept to upgrade the compiler version (I think that would be v140) an then compile it for the version you want to use (Release win32, Debug win32, Release x64, etc).

I would recommend copying the vc2013 to a vc2015 folder, and then following xumo’s instructions. Upgrading the PlatformToolset modifies the project files.

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**Author:** ![Dazzid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.libcinder.org/dazzid/32/158_2.png) [@Dazzid](https://discourse.libcinder.org/u/Dazzid)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/cinder-0-9-1-and-visualstudio-2015-not-working/750/4 "2017-06-28T13:29:36Z")

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Right  
Thanks for te solution, now it is working!