How to fix "FAILURE DURING CONVERSION TO COFF: FILE INVALID OR CORRUPT"

Error LINK
: fatal error LNK1123: failure during conversion to COFF: file invalid or corrupt appear often on Visual C++ 2010 and this error don’t let you
to compile and run your program coded on Visual C++. If you got this error you no need to reinstall Visual C++.

CAUSES:

this error appear because you have installed Visual C++ 2012 after you have actually installed Visual C++ 2010 in your system;

another cause is because .net Framework 4.5 replace .net Framework 4.0;

.net Framework corrupted files;

HOW TO SOLVE

uninstall .Net Framework 4.5 from your system;

then download .Net Framework 4.0 and install it;

this should fix your problem;

OTHER WAYS TO SOLVE IT:

Go to

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
10.0\VC\bin\cvtres.exe

and check the version of

cvtres.exe

:

Wrong version: 03/18/2010 01:16 PM 31,048 cvtres.exe

Correct version: 02/21/2011 06:03 PM 31,056 cvtres.exe

If you have wrong version you should go to

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\bin\cvtres.exe

and copy

cvtres.exe

then replace it with

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\bin\cvtres.exe

CONCLUSION:

Now you know how to solve LINK : fatal error LNK1123: failure during conversion to COFF: file invalid or corrupt Visual C++ 2010 Error!
If you remove Visual C++ the error will not disappear.