SFML Setup with Visual Studio

[stikykees]

Hello,

I have recently started using SFML for some projects to get practice with C++. I am using Visual Studio to run my program but sometimes get stuck while setting up SFML libraries.

Currently my release configuration runs the tutorial code perfectly however, the debug configuration gives 53 LNK errors of either 2019 or 2001. (I added the -d to the 4 main SFML libraries in debug config that I am using).

I am using Visual Studio 2019, SFML 2.5.1, C++, static SFML libraries.

Again, release configuration complies fine, debug config fails where all config settings are the same except the
-d added to the 4 main SFML libraries I'm using.


One of the 53 LNK errors
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(InputImpl.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol...

Debug dependencies:

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sfml-graphics-s-d.lib
sfml-window-s-d.lib
sfml-system-s-d.lib
sfml-audio-s-d.lib   
winmm.lib
gdi32.lib
opengl32.lib
freetype.lib
openal32.lib
flac.lib
vorbisenc.lib
vorbisfile.lib
vorbis.lib
ogg.lib

Edit (Solution):
Checking the "Inherit from parent or project defaults" in the Linker>>Input>>Add'l Dependencies fixed the problem. For some reason this happened by default in my debug configuration but not my release configuration.

[kojack]

It sounds like you have SFML_STATIC defined for release builds, but not for debug builds.
Go into project properties / C++ / Preprocessor / Preprocessor Definitions and make sure SFML_STATIC is there for debug builds.

[stikykees]

It sounds like you have SFML_STATIC defined for release builds, but not for debug builds.
Go into project properties / C++ / Preprocessor / Preprocessor Definitions and make sure SFML_STATIC is there for debug builds.

Unfortunately, this is not the problem, I just double-checked it is defined. Very weird because I'm comparing all my settings to another project that functions and they are identical except adding the audio library to no avail.

[kojack]

I tried breaking one of my older projects (I haven't used static sfml for a while) to see the errors it gave, it's probably not the static thing as I said previously. When the static flag is missing, the files on the left of the linker error line would be your files. But in this case it's sfml's window library on the left, so that means sfml is trying to find something (in another library?) that's missing.

But I can't see what it's looking for, could you post a complete linker error line? The bit you posted doesn't show the part of the error message that says what is missing.
(Preferably a few (or all) of the errors, in case there's a few different things missing)

[eXpl0it3r]

You should always provide complete error messages.
While it might not seem useful to you, the error message does in fact tell you what is missing and then you can add it.

[stikykees]

Complete error message list:

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Build started...
1>------ Build started: Project: Pong_Lite, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(InputImpl.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__GetAsyncKeyState@4 referenced in function "public: static bool __cdecl sf::priv::InputImpl::isKeyPressed(enum sf::Keyboard::Key)" (?isKeyPressed@InputImpl@priv@sf@@SA_NW4Key@Keyboard@3@@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(InputImpl.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__GetSystemMetrics@4 referenced in function "public: static bool __cdecl sf::priv::InputImpl::isMouseButtonPressed(enum sf::Mouse::Button)" (?isMouseButtonPressed@InputImpl@priv@sf@@SA_NW4Button@Mouse@3@@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(InputImpl.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SetCursorPos@8 referenced in function "public: static void __cdecl sf::priv::InputImpl::setMousePosition(class sf::Vector2<int> const &)" (?setMousePosition@InputImpl@priv@sf@@SAXABV?$Vector2@H@3@@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(InputImpl.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__GetCursorPos@4 referenced in function "public: static class sf::Vector2<int> __cdecl sf::priv::InputImpl::getMousePosition(void)" (?getMousePosition@InputImpl@priv@sf@@SA?AV?$Vector2@H@3@XZ)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(InputImpl.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__ClientToScreen@8 referenced in function "public: static void __cdecl sf::priv::InputImpl::setMousePosition(class sf::Vector2<int> const &,class sf::Window const &)" (?setMousePosition@InputImpl@priv@sf@@SAXABV?$Vector2@H@3@ABVWindow@3@@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(InputImpl.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__ScreenToClient@8 referenced in function "public: static class sf::Vector2<int> __cdecl sf::priv::InputImpl::getMousePosition(class sf::Window const &)" (?getMousePosition@InputImpl@priv@sf@@SA?AV?$Vector2@H@3@ABVWindow@3@@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__ScreenToClient@8
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(VideoModeImpl.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__EnumDisplaySettingsW@12 referenced in function "public: static class std::vector<class sf::VideoMode,class std::allocator<class sf::VideoMode> > __cdecl sf::priv::VideoModeImpl::getFullscreenModes(void)" (?getFullscreenModes@VideoModeImpl@priv@sf@@SA?AV?$vector@VVideoMode@sf@@V?$allocator@VVideoMode@sf@@@std@@@std@@XZ)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(CursorImpl.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__GetDC@4 referenced in function "public: bool __thiscall sf::priv::CursorImpl::loadFromPixels(unsigned char const *,class sf::Vector2<unsigned int>,class sf::Vector2<unsigned int>)" (?loadFromPixels@CursorImpl@priv@sf@@QAE_NPBEV?$Vector2@I@3@1@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WglContext.cpp.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__GetDC@4
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__GetDC@4
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(CursorImpl.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__ReleaseDC@8 referenced in function "public: bool __thiscall sf::priv::CursorImpl::loadFromPixels(unsigned char const *,class sf::Vector2<unsigned int>,class sf::Vector2<unsigned int>)" (?loadFromPixels@CursorImpl@priv@sf@@QAE_NPBEV?$Vector2@I@3@1@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WglContext.cpp.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__ReleaseDC@8
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__ReleaseDC@8
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(CursorImpl.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__LoadCursorW@8 referenced in function "public: bool __thiscall sf::priv::CursorImpl::loadFromSystem(enum sf::Cursor::Type)" (?loadFromSystem@CursorImpl@priv@sf@@QAE_NW4Type@Cursor@3@@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__LoadCursorW@8
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(CursorImpl.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__DestroyCursor@4 referenced in function "private: void __thiscall sf::priv::CursorImpl::release(void)" (?release@CursorImpl@priv@sf@@AAEXXZ)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(CursorImpl.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__CreateIconIndirect@4 referenced in function "public: bool __thiscall sf::priv::CursorImpl::loadFromPixels(unsigned char const *,class sf::Vector2<unsigned int>,class sf::Vector2<unsigned int>)" (?loadFromPixels@CursorImpl@priv@sf@@QAE_NPBEV?$Vector2@I@3@1@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(CursorImpl.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__CopyIcon@4 referenced in function "public: bool __thiscall sf::priv::CursorImpl::loadFromSystem(enum sf::Cursor::Type)" (?loadFromSystem@CursorImpl@priv@sf@@QAE_NW4Type@Cursor@3@@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WglContext.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__CreateWindowExA@48 referenced in function "private: void __thiscall sf::priv::WglContext::createSurface(class sf::priv::WglContext *,unsigned int,unsigned int,unsigned int)" (?createSurface@WglContext@priv@sf@@AAEXPAV123@III@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WglContext.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__DestroyWindow@4 referenced in function "public: virtual __thiscall sf::priv::WglContext::~WglContext(void)" (??1WglContext@priv@sf@@UAE@XZ)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__DestroyWindow@4
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WglContext.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__ShowWindow@8 referenced in function "private: void __thiscall sf::priv::WglContext::createSurface(class sf::priv::WglContext *,unsigned int,unsigned int,unsigned int)" (?createSurface@WglContext@priv@sf@@AAEXPAV123@III@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__ShowWindow@8
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__TrackMouseEvent@4 referenced in function "private: void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::setTracking(bool)" (?setTracking@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@AAEX_N@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__TranslateMessage@4 referenced in function "protected: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::processEvents(void)" (?processEvents@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@MAEXXZ)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__DispatchMessageW@4 referenced in function "protected: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::processEvents(void)" (?processEvents@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@MAEXXZ)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__PeekMessageW@20 referenced in function "protected: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::processEvents(void)" (?processEvents@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@MAEXXZ)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SendMessageW@16 referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::setIcon(unsigned int,unsigned int,unsigned char const *)" (?setIcon@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@UAEXIIPBE@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__RegisterDeviceNotificationW@12 referenced in function "public: __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::WindowImplWin32(class sf::VideoMode,class sf::String const &,unsigned int,struct sf::ContextSettings const &)" (??0WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@QAE@VVideoMode@2@ABVString@2@IABUContextSettings@2@@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__DefWindowProcW@16 referenced in function "private: static long __stdcall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::globalOnEvent(struct HWND__ *,unsigned int,unsigned int,long)" (?globalOnEvent@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@CGJPAUHWND__@@IIJ@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__CallWindowProcW@20 referenced in function "private: static long __stdcall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::globalOnEvent(struct HWND__ *,unsigned int,unsigned int,long)" (?globalOnEvent@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@CGJPAUHWND__@@IIJ@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__RegisterClassW@4 referenced in function "private: void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::registerWindowClass(void)" (?registerWindowClass@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@AAEXXZ)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__UnregisterClassW@8 referenced in function "public: virtual __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::~WindowImplWin32(void)" (??1WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@UAE@XZ)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__CreateWindowExW@48 referenced in function "public: __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::WindowImplWin32(class sf::VideoMode,class sf::String const &,unsigned int,struct sf::ContextSettings const &)" (??0WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@QAE@VVideoMode@2@ABVString@2@IABUContextSettings@2@@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__FlashWindowEx@4 referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::requestFocus(void)" (?requestFocus@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@UAEXXZ)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SetWindowPos@28 referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::setPosition(class sf::Vector2<int> const &)" (?setPosition@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@UAEXABV?$Vector2@H@3@@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__GetKeyState@4 referenced in function "private: void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::processEvent(unsigned int,unsigned int,long)" (?processEvent@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@AAEXIIJ@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__MapVirtualKeyW@8 referenced in function "private: static enum sf::Keyboard::Key __cdecl sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::virtualKeyCodeToSF(unsigned int,long)" (?virtualKeyCodeToSF@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@CA?AW4Key@Keyboard@3@IJ@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__GetCapture@0 referenced in function "private: void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::processEvent(unsigned int,unsigned int,long)" (?processEvent@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@AAEXIIJ@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SetCapture@4 referenced in function "private: void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::processEvent(unsigned int,unsigned int,long)" (?processEvent@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@AAEXIIJ@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__ReleaseCapture@0 referenced in function "private: void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::cleanup(void)" (?cleanup@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@AAEXXZ)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__GetForegroundWindow@0 referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::requestFocus(void)" (?requestFocus@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@UAEXXZ)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SetForegroundWindow@4 referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::requestFocus(void)" (?requestFocus@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@UAEXXZ)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SetWindowTextW@8 referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::setTitle(class sf::String const &)" (?setTitle@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@UAEXABVString@3@@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__GetClientRect@8 referenced in function "public: virtual class sf::Vector2<unsigned int> __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::getSize(void)const " (?getSize@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@UBE?AV?$Vector2@I@3@XZ)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__GetWindowRect@8 referenced in function "public: virtual class sf::Vector2<int> __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::getPosition(void)const " (?getPosition@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@UBE?AV?$Vector2@H@3@XZ)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__AdjustWindowRect@12 referenced in function "public: __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::WindowImplWin32(class sf::VideoMode,class sf::String const &,unsigned int,struct sf::ContextSettings const &)" (??0WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@QAE@VVideoMode@2@ABVString@2@IABUContextSettings@2@@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__ShowCursor@4 referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::setMouseCursorVisible(bool)" (?setMouseCursorVisible@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@UAEX_N@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SetCursor@4 referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::setMouseCursor(class sf::priv::CursorImpl const &)" (?setMouseCursor@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@UAEXABVCursorImpl@23@@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__MapWindowPoints@16 referenced in function "private: void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::grabCursor(bool)" (?grabCursor@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@AAEX_N@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__ClipCursor@4 referenced in function "private: void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::grabCursor(bool)" (?grabCursor@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@AAEX_N@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__GetWindowLongW@8 referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::setSize(class sf::Vector2<unsigned int> const &)" (?setSize@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@UAEXABV?$Vector2@I@3@@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SetWindowLongW@12 referenced in function "public: __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::WindowImplWin32(struct HWND__ *)" (??0WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@QAE@PAUHWND__@@@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__GetWindowThreadProcessId@8 referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::requestFocus(void)" (?requestFocus@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@UAEXXZ)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__CreateIcon@28 referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::setIcon(unsigned int,unsigned int,unsigned char const *)" (?setIcon@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@UAEXIIPBE@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__DestroyIcon@4 referenced in function "public: virtual __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::~WindowImplWin32(void)" (??1WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@UAE@XZ)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(WindowImplWin32.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__ChangeDisplaySettingsW@8 referenced in function "private: void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::switchToFullscreen(class sf::VideoMode const &)" (?switchToFullscreen@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@AAEXABVVideoMode@3@@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(JoystickImpl.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__RegCloseKey@4 referenced in function "class sf::String __cdecl `anonymous namespace'::getDeviceName(unsigned int,struct tagJOYCAPSW)" (?getDeviceName@?A0x8939b4a8@@YA?AVString@sf@@IUtagJOYCAPSW@@@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(JoystickImpl.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__RegOpenKeyExW@20 referenced in function "class sf::String __cdecl `anonymous namespace'::getDeviceName(unsigned int,struct tagJOYCAPSW)" (?getDeviceName@?A0x8939b4a8@@YA?AVString@sf@@IUtagJOYCAPSW@@@Z)
1>sfml-window-s-d.lib(JoystickImpl.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__RegQueryValueExW@24 referenced in function "class sf::String __cdecl `anonymous namespace'::getDeviceName(unsigned int,struct tagJOYCAPSW)" (?getDeviceName@?A0x8939b4a8@@YA?AVString@sf@@IUtagJOYCAPSW@@@Z)
1>C:\Users\Evan\source\repos\Pong-Lite\Pong_Lite\Debug\Pong_Lite.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 53 unresolved externals
1>Done building project "Pong_Lite.vcxproj" -- FAILED.
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

Code if it is relevant (just testing window and audio functionality):

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#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
#include <SFML/Audio.hpp>

int main()
{
    sf::SoundBuffer buffer[3];
    buffer[0].loadFromFile("RacketHit1.wav");
    buffer[1].loadFromFile("RacketHit2.wav");
    buffer[2].loadFromFile("WallBounce.wav");
    sf::Sound sound[3];
    for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
        sound.setBuffer(buffer);
    }

    sf::RenderWindow window(sf::VideoMode(200, 200), "SFML works!");
    sf::CircleShape shape(100.f);
    shape.setFillColor(sf::Color::Green);

    while (window.isOpen())
    {
        sf::Event event;
        while (window.pollEvent(event))
        {
            if (event.type == sf::Event::Closed)
                window.close();
            if (sf::Mouse::isButtonPressed)
              sound[2].play();

        }

        window.clear();
        window.draw(shape);
        window.display();
    }
   
    return 0;
}

Seeing as though all error messages begin with "1>sfml-window-s-d.lib" I recopied this file from the download into the SFML directory. The error messages were identical after making this change.

[kojack]

Ok, getting close now.
If we look at the first error:
sfml-window-s-d.lib(InputImpl.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__GetAsyncKeyState@4 referenced in function "public: static bool __cdecl sf::priv::InputImpl::isKeyPressed(enum sf::Keyboard::Key)" (?isKeyPressed@InputImpl@priv@sf@@SA_NW4Key@Keyboard@3@@Z)

It's saying that the isKeyPressed function in sfml-windows-s-d can't find a function called __imp__GetAsyncKeyState@4.
GetAsyncKeyState is a windows sdk function. Checking it at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winuser/nf-winuser-getasynckeystate says it comes in user32.lib.
All the following errors look like they are user32.lib (or similar windows sdk lib) related too.

So for some reason your project isn't linking user32.lib. Usually it should be inherited in the linker settings:


My first guess would be your project is trying to use the wrong windows sdk.
Try right clicking on the project in the solution explorer and selecting Retarget Projects. Then choose one of the SDKs in the combo box and hit Ok.

[stikykees]

Ok, getting close now.
If we look at the first error:
sfml-window-s-d.lib(InputImpl.cpp.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__GetAsyncKeyState@4 referenced in function "public: static bool __cdecl sf::priv::InputImpl::isKeyPressed(enum sf::Keyboard::Key)" (?isKeyPressed@InputImpl@priv@sf@@SA_NW4Key@Keyboard@3@@Z)

It's saying that the isKeyPressed function in sfml-windows-s-d can't find a function called __imp__GetAsyncKeyState@4.
GetAsyncKeyState is a windows sdk function. Checking it at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winuser/nf-winuser-getasynckeystate says it comes in user32.lib.
All the following errors look like they are user32.lib (or similar windows sdk lib) related too.

So for some reason your project isn't linking user32.lib. Usually it should be inherited in the linker settings:


My first guess would be your project is trying to use the wrong windows sdk.
Try right clicking on the project in the solution explorer and selecting Retarget Projects. Then choose one of the SDKs in the combo box and hit Ok.

My only available windows SDK was 10.0 (latest version) but I noticed that "Inherit from parent or project defaults was unchecked while it was it was on your screenshot. Checking it ended up fixing the problem. Thank you so much for the help working through this. I would've never gotten it otherwise.

[kojack]

Awesome!