Steve,

Randall_M_ · ‎02-25-2014

My Win-7 computer did an automatic update last night. No changes were made to my Visual FORTAN project, but when I try to build this morning, I get a fatal error LNK1123: failure during conversion to COEFF: file invalid or corrupt. I would imagine that others may have the same problem, unless it is due to something like an incomplete installation of the update.

Can someone please give some guidance on generating more detailed debugging information to see which file is invalid or corrupt?

Thank you,

Randy Martin

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Steven_L_Intel1 · ‎02-25-2014

It might also be helpful to see the full buildlog.htm. But have you tried a simple rebuild of the whole project?

Randall_M_ · ‎02-25-2014

Steve, Here is the build log. I did try rebuilding the entire project, both the release and debug versions. Kept getting the same error. Since I couldn't afford not being able to link, I reverted my Win-7 system to the previous check point and the problem went away (as I expected it would). The offending update was Microsoft.NET framework 4.5.1.4.5.50938. This was the only update that automatically installed on my Win-7 computer overnight. This weekend, I will try re-installing the new update and see if I get the same resulting error message from the linker. The update installed automatically overnight, and there was a message that Windows installed an important update. There were no warnings indicating that anything went wrong during the update process.

Thanks for your help.

Randy Martin

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Creating temporary file &quotRSP1.rsp&quot with contents
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Creating command line &quotLink @&quotC:\Users\Randy\Documents\MM7X\MMPM70_newOPD\MAIN_MENU\Debug\RSP1.rsp&quot&quot

Link: executing 'link'
C:\wint\bin\PLS_153\pls_intel.obj : warning LNK4042: object specified more than once; extras ignored
pm_lib2.lib(triangle.obj) : warning LNK4075: ignoring '/EDITANDCONTINUE' due to '/INCREMENTAL:NO' specification
LINK : fatal error LNK1123: failure during conversion to COFF: file invalid or corrupt

MAIN_MENU - 1 error(s), 2 warning(s)
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Steven_L_Intel1 · ‎02-25-2014

Please do a Build > Clean and then a rebuild.

I note the warning about a duplicate object. How did that come about? I'm skeptical that the Windows update was the culprit here.

Randall_M_ · ‎02-26-2014

Steve,

Thanks for the suggestions.

I took care of the duplicate object.It isn't the problem. I had the OBJ file listed with the source files and again as additional dependencies in the Linker > Input. Last night, Microsoft automatically downloaded the same update and I now have the exact same problem with the linker. The windows update is what is causing the problem. Since I don't have any detailed feedback on the link error, such as which file is invalid or corrupt, my only solution is to restore my last check point and disable all updates until someone at Microsoft figures out that they are causing this problem.

Randy Martin

Steven_L_Intel1 · ‎02-26-2014

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2757355/en-us

Randall_M_ · ‎02-26-2014

Steve,

Thanks for taking the time to find the Microsoft article. I reinstalled the latest update and then installed service pack SP1 for Visual Studio 2010 and the LNK1123 error went away. Problem solved.

Regards,

Randy Martin

LNK1123 Error