When building an application that uses the Boost Libraries with the Intel® C++ Compiler, you may get linker errors like the ones shown below due to incorrect libraries being linked to the application:

fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'libboost_thread-iw-mt-1_33_1.lib'
or
fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'libboost_thread-iw-1_33_1.lib'

Perform the following steps to correct the problem:

1. Open "boost\config\auto_link.hpp."

2. Search for "__ICL" to find the following entries:

   #elif defined(__ICL)

   // Intel C++, no version number:
   # define BOOST_LIB_TOOLSET "iw"

3. Change "iw" to:

   "vc7" - if you are using Microsoft* Visual Studio* .NET
   "vc71" - if you are using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003
   "vc8" - if you are using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
   "vc9" - if you are using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008.

4. Rebuild your application to resolve the link errors.

This applies to:

Intel® C++ Compiler for Windows*