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/NXCOMPAT (Compatible with Data Execution Prevention)

Visual Studio 2010

Indicates that an executable was tested to be compatible with the Windows Data Execution Prevention feature.

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/NXCOMPAT[:NO]

Remarks

By default, /NXCOMPAT is on.

/NXCOMPAT:NO can be used to explicitly specify an executable as incompatible with Data Execution Prevention.

For more information about Data Execution Prevention, see these articles:

A detailed description of the Data Execution Prevention (DEP) feature on the Microsoft Help and Support Web site
Data Execution Prevention on the MSDN Web site
Configuring the Data Execution Prevention Settings of a Run-Time Image on the MSDN Web site
Data Execution Prevention (Windows Embedded) on the MSDN Web site

To set this linker option in Visual Studio

Open the project Property Pages dialog box. For details, see Modifying Project Settings.
Click the Linker folder.
Click the Command Line property page.
Type the option in the Additional Options box.

To set this linker option programmatically

See AdditionalOptions.

Reference

Setting Linker Options

Linker Options

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/NXCOMPAT setting is available in dropdown list in VS2008 and above

The article describes explicitly adding the /NXCOMPAT switch to the linker's command line, but it can also be set in the Project Properties Linker Advanced page as "Data Execution Prevention (DEP)" with settings "Image is compatible with DEP (/NXCOMPAT)" and "Image is not compatible with DEP (/NXCOMPAT:NO)". The command line method is required for VS2005 with SP1.

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11/12/2010
Tad Marshall