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Compiler options for small executables

Yesterday I installed VS 2008 to try to get my things working on it. It gaves me a lot of errors while trying to compile my introsystem but after a while I got it working

The problem on that point was that after generate the final .exe file, it didn't work with kkrunchy (from ryg) compressor giving me the following error:

- ERROR: files with exports or tls data are not supported

I started to go throw all the options of the compiler/link again and luckily I got it working.

Here you can see the options I've used. I just included the ones I've changed from the original template that VS generate for a simple Win32 project

You can grab the base project source from here

• C/C++
  • General:
    • Debug information format: Disabled
  • Optimization:
    • Optimization: Maximize Speed (/O2)
    • Inline Functions Expansion: Only _inline (/Ob1)
    • Enable Intrinsics Functions: Yes (/Oi)
    • Favor size or speed: Favor Fast Code (/Ot)
    • Omit Frame Pointers: Yes (/Oy)
  • Code generation:
    • Runtime Library: Multi-threaded DLL (/MD)
    • Struct member alignment: 1 Byte (/Zp1)
    • Buffer security Check: No (/GS-)
    • Floating point model: Fast (/fp:fast)
  • Language:
    • Enable Run-Time Type Info: NO (/GR-)
  • Advanced:
    • Calling convention: __fastcall (/Gr)
  • Command line:
    • Additional options: /QIfist


• Linker
  • Input:
    • Ignore all default libraries: Yes (/NODEFAULTLIB)
  • Manifest file:
    • Generate Manifest: No
  • Debugging:
    • Generate Debug Info: No
    • Generate map file: Yes (/MAP)
  • Optimization:
    • Optimize for Windows98: No (/OPT:NOWIN98)
  • Advanced:
    • Base Address: 0x6000000
    • Randomize Base Address: Disable Image Randomization (/DYNAMICBASE:NO)