Link library MSVC

[MartinD]

My project compiles with MinGW 5.3 and Qt 5.7.0. However, with MSVC 2015 32 bit I get unresolved external symbol for CryptAcquireContextW and RegCloseKey. I found that libraries needed are advapi32 and crypt32.

I don't have to specify these libraries explicitly in *.pro file for MinGW but it seems MSVC needs it. How to modify *.pro file so it compiles for both MinGW and MSVC?

I already tried to add LIBS += -ladvapi32 -lcrypt32 but that doesn't work for MSVC compilation - I still get unresolved external symbols.

[Ni.Sumi]

@MartinD
Add them as additional libraries to your project and try it.

Check this , for adding additional libs in MSVC

[MartinD]

I'm sorry, I should have mentioned that I use Qt Creator, not Visual Studio.

[Chris Kawa]

LIBS += -ladvapi32 -lcrypt32 is enough. Make sure you re-run qmake after you edited the .pro file (Build - > Run qmake).

[MartinD]

Thank you. Re-run of qmake fixed it.