SFML linker error: unresolved external symbol _WinMain#16, Visual Studio 2012 - c++

Question

I was able to get tutorial #1 to compile fine. But I can't get the 2nd one to compile.
When you do new -> Project, maybe one of those settings are interfering? Pretty sure I did empty project, else console.
What's wrong?
compile error:
Error 1 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _WinMain#16 referenced in function
___tmainCRTStartup C:\...\02-videomode-iterate\MSVCRTD.lib(crtexew.obj) 02-videomode-iterate
Error 2 error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals C:\...\Debug\02-videomode-iterate.exe 02-videomode-iterate
entire source:
#include <SFML/Window.hpp>
int main()
{
sf::Window App(sf::VideoMode(800, 600, 32), "SFML-tut: 02");
bool Running = true;
while (Running)
{
App.Display();
}
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
Project settings:
include dir, lib: dir set correctly.
c++ -> preprocessor -> preprocessor definitions:
SFML_DYNAMIC
linker -> input
tried: sfml-window.lib and sfml-window-d.lib ( visual studio seems to always use debug mode at start? but tutorial #1 only worked when I didn't use -d version.
subsystem:
/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS

Answer 1

When you set the /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS flag, the linker will look for a WinMain function rather than the conventional main. You have two options:
Change to /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE. You will get an annoying (or perhaps helpful) console window, which you can get rid of with FreeConsole.
Change main to WinMain with the following signature:
int CALLBACK WinMain(
HINSTANCE hInstance,
HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
LPSTR lpCmdLine,
int nCmdShow
);
Unless you need to access argc and argv, this change shouldn't cause too much trouble.
Edit: Perhaps this is worth a look too (copied from the second tutorial):
Under Windows operating systems, you may have created a "Windows
Application" project, especially if don't want the console to show up.
In such case, to avoid replacing main by WinMain, you can link with
SFML_Main static library and keep a standard and portable main entry
point.
So, I suppose that boils down to adding sfml-main.lib (or similar) to the list of libraries to link with.