# Using Cinder and Visual Studio 2015

**URL:** <https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/using-cinder-and-visual-studio-2015/756>\
**Category:** Using Cinder\
**Created:** [July 6, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/using-cinder-and-visual-studio-2015/756 "2017-07-06T15:27:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![katsully](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@katsully](https://discourse.libcinder.org/u/katsully)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/using-cinder-and-visual-studio-2015/756/1 "2017-07-06T15:27:46Z")

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I’m on the master branch of Cinder (cloned yesterday), and using Visual Studio 2015. I compiled Cinder using v140 but when I run a new TinderBox project I’m getting a few dozen unresolved external symbol issues from my App.obj file. Here’s some of stack trace:

RSGApp.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol “public: \_\_cdecl cinder::app::AppMsw::AppMsw(void)” (??0AppMsw@app@cinder

I can’t add anymore of the stack trace because it contains a lot of ‘@’ and the Cinder forums think I am mentioning more than 2 users.

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**Author:** ![rich.e](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.libcinder.org/rich.e/32/1025_2.png) [@rich.e](https://discourse.libcinder.org/u/rich.e)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/using-cinder-and-visual-studio-2015/756/2 "2017-07-07T02:33:53Z")

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Do samples work for you? VS 2015 / v140 is the officially / default supported toolset on Windows. You should be able to do a fresh clone, build cinder and then build a sample or tinderbox created app. One to check might be that you’re building for the sample Configuration and Platform for everything.

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**Author:** ![katsully](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@katsully](https://discourse.libcinder.org/u/katsully)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 5:09am UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/using-cinder-and-visual-studio-2015/756/3 "2017-07-07T05:09:18Z")

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I foolishly built the cinder.lib libraries using vc2015\_winrt instead of vc2015, doing a fresh clone and rebuilding from vc2015 fixed all the issues!