Error ‘LINK : fatal error LNK1123: failure during conversion to COFF: file invalid or corrupt’ after installing Visual Studio 2012 Release Preview
This MSDN thread explains how to fix it. To summarize: Either disable incremental linking, by going to Project Properties -> Configuration Properties -> Linker (General) -> Enable Incremental Linking -> “No (/INCREMENTAL:NO)” or install VS2010 SP1. Edits (@CraigRinger): Note that installing VS 2010 SP1 will remove the 64-bit compilers. You need to install the VS … Read more