# No .lib extension in glfw3 and glfw3dll can't link with Visual Studio

**URL:** <https://discourse.glfw.org/t/no-lib-extension-in-glfw3-and-glfw3dll-cant-link-with-visual-studio/1691>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [November 6, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/no-lib-extension-in-glfw3-and-glfw3dll-cant-link-with-visual-studio/1691 "2020-11-06T05:38:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![jumailj](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.glfw.org/jumailj/32/427_2.png) [@jumailj](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/jumailj)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/no-lib-extension-in-glfw3-and-glfw3dll-cant-link-with-visual-studio/1691/1 "2020-11-06T05:38:48Z")

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no .lib extersion.  
i have to link this staticly.  
how to fix this issue

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**Author:** ![mmozeiko](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.glfw.org/mmozeiko/32/29_2.png) [@mmozeiko](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/mmozeiko)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 5:57am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/no-lib-extension-in-glfw3-and-glfw3dll-cant-link-with-visual-studio/1691/2 "2020-11-06T05:57:12Z")

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What do you mean by “no .lib extension” ?  
Windows zip downloads on [https://www.glfw.org/download.html](https://www.glfw.org/download.html) page contains .lib files for various Visual Studio versions.

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**Author:** ![jumailj](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.glfw.org/jumailj/32/427_2.png) [@jumailj](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/jumailj)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 6:09am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/no-lib-extension-in-glfw3-and-glfw3dll-cant-link-with-visual-studio/1691/3 "2020-11-06T06:09:02Z")

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[fixed]  
what i mean was when i extract files from glfw Windows binary folder. glfw3.lib , glfw3dll.lib, files don’t have .lib extensions, it show me like glfw3 and glfw3dll so i can’t link that librarys. visual studio show that Library files not found. i change file name. and so on… noting is fixed.

[how i solve]  
Advance settings in Folder View option  
untick-\> hide extensions for known file type.  
after change this settings. extract that folder .lib extensions were shown and fixed that issue.  
( changing the file name can’t fix this issue, xample: glfw3 -\> glfw3.lib)