# Windows build fails with missing symbol \_\_imp\_CommandLineToArgvW

**URL:** <https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/windows-build-fails-with-missing-symbol-imp-commandlinetoargvw/27256>\
**Category:** SDL Development\
**Created:** [February 20, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/windows-build-fails-with-missing-symbol-imp-commandlinetoargvw/27256 "2020-02-20T16:45:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Maciek](https://discourse.libsdl.org/user_avatar/discourse.libsdl.org/maciek/32/4040_2.png) [@Maciek](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/Maciek)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/windows-build-fails-with-missing-symbol-imp-commandlinetoargvw/27256/3 "2020-04-07T19:44:05Z")

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Thank you! In VS2019, simply adding Shell32.lib to Properties\>Linker\>Input\> Additional Dependencies did the trick! 😄

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