/WX (Treat Linker Warnings as Errors)

/WX[:NO]

Remarks

/WX causes no output file to be generated if the linker generates a warning.

This option is similar to /WX for the compiler. For more information, see /w, /W0, /W1, /W2, /W3, /W4, /w1, /w2, /w3, /w4, /Wall, /wd, /we, /wo, /Wv, /WX (Warning Level). However, specifying /WX for the compilation doesn't imply that /WX will also be in effect for the link phase; you must explicitly specify /WX for each tool.

By default, /WX is not in effect. To treat linker warnings as errors, specify /WX. /WX:NO is the same as not specifying /WX.

To set this linker option in the Visual Studio development environment

  1. Open the project's Property Pages dialog box. For details, see Set C++ compiler and build properties in Visual Studio.

  2. Select the Configuration Properties > Linker > Command Line property page.

  3. Enter the option into the Additional Options box.

To set this linker option programmatically

  1. See AdditionalOptions.

See also

MSVC linker reference
MSVC Linker Options