Intel® C++ Compiler for Windows* - Fatal link error LNK1104 when using Intel® C++ Compiler with Boost* libraries

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

The root cause is missing Boost libraries for the Intel® C++ Compiler.

The preferred solution is to recompile all required Boost libraries with the Intel® C++ Compiler (libraries with the infix "iw" are created because of this). However, this is not mandatory. The libraries provided for the different Microsoft Visual Studio* versions are safe to use as well. Perform the following steps to use them instead:

1. Open the Boost configuration file "auto_link.hpp".
2. Search for
   

   #elif defined(__ICL)
   
   
   						   // Intel C++, no version number:
   
   						#  define BOOST_LIB_TOOLSET "iw"

3. Change "iw" depending on which Microsoft Visual Studio version you're using:

   "vc71": Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003
   "vc80": Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
   "vc90": Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
   "vc100": Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
   "vc110": Microsoft Visual Studio 2012
   "vc120": Microsoft Visual Studio 2013
   "vc140": Microsoft Visual Studio 2015

4. Rebuild your application to resolve the linker errors.