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Hi,
I'm trying to build (vs2010/debug) the cefclient app in a pretty recent version of CEF3 (cef_binary_3.1751.1550_windows32)

Any idea why I'm getting this linker error:
cef_sandbox.lib(base.base_paths_win.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _FOLDERID_ApplicationShortcuts

I think it has something to do with how the sandbox lib is linked somehow with a Windows 8 SDK (Known Folder shell API?)

Thanks in advance,
-Dan C.

I am also getting this error! Any help guys?

I have the same problem. Any news regarding this one?

Itai.

CEF is built with the Win8 SDK. Does building your app against the Win8 SDK resolve the problem?

I'll check, but if it does, is it supposed to work with older systems as well?

itaibh wrote:I'll check, but if it does, is it supposed to work with older systems as well?

You can build against the Win8 SDK and run on Win XP SP2+ (depending on your target platform settings).

Solution (at least for me). We build CEF 1750 on Amazon and download cef_binary_3.1750.1663_windows32.zip to local Win7 64bit machine.
Using VS 2010 SP1Rel I had to modify all 3 projects: cefclient, cefsimple & libcef_dll_wrapper ala:
1. C/C++ Additional Include Directories:
change - D:\jenkins\workspace\CEF_compile_win\win_toolchain\win8sdk\Include\shared
to local: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\shared
- D:\jenkins\workspace\CEF_compile_win\win_toolchain\win8sdk\Include\um
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um
- D:\jenkins\workspace\CEF_compile_win\win_toolchain\win8sdk\Include\winrt
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\winrt
2. Linker General -> Additional Library Directories:
- D:\jenkins\workspace\CEF_compile_win\win_toolchain\Lib\win8\um\x86
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Lib\win8\um\x86
That's it - other than changing the Output Directory from ..\out\$(Configuration) to out\$(Configuration) to keep all things CEF in 1 folder