Symptoms
Consider the following scenario:
-
You use Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 to develop a project of a Visual C++ application.
-
In the Property Pages dialog box, in the Linker section, you click General. Then, in the right pane, you set the Enable Incremental Linking option to Yes.
-
In the Property Pages dialog box, in the Linker section, you click Debugging. Then, in the right pane, you set the Generate Map File option to Yes.
-
You try to rebuild the project by using the Visual Studio 2010.
In this scenario, you receive the following error message:
LINK : fatal error LINK1104: cannot open file 'MathFilePath'
Cause
This issue occurs because the linker encounters a problem when it tries to handle incremental linking. Then, the linker restarts a full link. However, the linker does not close the opened .map file before the linker restarts the full link. In this situation, the linker cannot open the same .map file for writing during the restart of the full link.
Resolution
Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, it is intended to correct only the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.
To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Customer Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft website:
http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=supportNote In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.
Prerequisites
To apply this hotfix, you must have Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) installed.
Restart requirement
You do not have to restart the computer after you install the hotfix. We recommend that you close all Visual Studio 2010-related components before you install the hotfix.
File information
The global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.
File name |
File version |
File size |
Date |
Time |
Platform |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Link.exe |
10.0.40219.386 |
852,232 |
07-Mar-2012 |
22:39 |
x86 |
Link.exe |
10.0.40219.386 |
1,040,136 |
09-Mar-2012 |
18:18 |
x64 |
Link.exe |
10.0.40219.386 |
2,234,120 |
09-Mar-2012 |
18:18 |
IA-64 |
References
For more information linker options, visit the following MSDN website:
Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.