The /LARGEADDRESSWARE option tells the linker that the application can handle addresses larger than 2 gigabytes.
If an application was linked with /LARGEADDRESSAWARE, DUMPBIN /HEADERS will display information to that effect.
To set this linker option in the Visual Studio development environment
- Open the project's Property Pages dialog box. For details, see Setting Visual C++ Project Properties.
- Click the Linker folder.
- Click the System property page.
- Modify the Enable Large Addresses property.
To set this linker option programmatically
See LargeAddressAware Property.
See Also
Setting Linker Options | Linker Options