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    This seems overly-specific - perhaps a new thread would be a better place for this answer. Commented Jan 17, 2015 at 13:56
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    @LuchianGrigore: I did want to post here as that question was exactly this issue, but it was marked as a duplicate of this question so I couldn't answer it there. So I posted my answer here instead. Commented Jan 17, 2015 at 14:00
  • That question already has an accepted answer. It's marked as duplicate because the general cause is listed above. What would happen if we had an answer here for every proble with a library that's not included? Commented Jan 17, 2015 at 14:29
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    @LuchianGrigore: This problem isn't specific to a library, it affects all libraries using Visual Studio's package management system. I just happened to find the other question because we both had problems with libpng. I also had the same problem (with the same solution) for libxml2, libiconv and glew. That question is about a problem with Visual Studio's package management system, and my answer explains the reason and provides a workaround. Someone just saw "unresolved external" and assumed it was a standard linker problem when it is actually a package management problem. Commented Jan 17, 2015 at 14:40