| Option | Purpose |
| @ | Specifies a response file |
| /ALIGN | Specifies the alignment of each section |
| /ALLOWBIND | Specifies that a DLL cannot be bound |
| /ASSEMBLYDEBUG | Adds the DebuggableAttribute to a managed image. |
| /ASSEMBLYLINKRESOURCE | Create a link to a managed resource. |
| /ASSEMBLYMODULE | Specifies that a Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL) module should be imported into the assembly |
| /ASSEMBLYRESOURCE | Embeds a managed resource file to an assembly |
| /BASE | Sets a base address for the program |
| /DEBUG | Creates debugging information |
| /DEF | Passes a module-definition (.def) file to the linker |
| /DEFAULTLIB | Searches the specified library when resolving external references |
| /DELAY | Controls the delayed loading of DLLs |
| /DELAYLOAD | Causes the delayed loading of the specified DLL |
| /DELAYSIGN | Partially sign an assembly. |
| /DLL | Builds a DLL |
| /DRIVER | Creates a Windows NT kernel mode driver |
| /ENTRY | Sets the starting address |
| /EXETYPE | Builds a virtual device driver |
| /EXPORT | Exports a function |
| /FIXED | Creates a program that can be loaded only at its preferred base address |
| /FORCE | Forces a link to complete in spite of unresolved or symbols defined more than once |
| /HEAP | Sets the size of the heap in bytes |
| /IDLOUT | Specifies the name of the .idl file and other MIDL output files |
| /IGNOREIDL | Prevents processing attribute information into an .idl file |
| /IMPLIB | Overrides the default import library name |
| /INCLUDE | Forces symbol references |
| /INCREMENTAL | Controls incremental linking |
| /KEYCONTAINER | Specify a key container to sign an assembly. |
| /KEYFILE | Specify key or key pair to sign an assembly. |
| /LARGEADDRESSAWARE | Tells the compiler that the application supports addresses larger than two gigabytes |
| /LIBPATH | Allows the user to override the environmental library path |
| /LTCG | Specifies link-time code generation |
| /MACHINE | Specifies the target platform |
| /MAP | Creates a mapfile |
| /MAPINFO | Includes the specified information in the mapfile |
| /MERGE | Combines sections |
| /MIDL | Specifies MIDL command line options |
| /NOASSEMBLY | Suppresses the creation of a .NET Framework assembly |
| /NODEFAULTLIB | Ignores all (or specified) default libraries when resolving external references |
| /NOENTRY | Creates a resource-only DLL |
| /NOLOGO | Suppresses startup banner |
| /OPT | Controls LINK optimizations |
| /ORDER | Places COMDATs into the image in a predetermined order |
| /OUT | Specifies the output file name |
| /PDB | Creates a program database (PDB) file |
| /PDBSTRIPPED | Creates a program database (PDB) file with no private symbols |
| /RELEASE | Sets the Checksum in the .exe header |
| /SAFESEH | Specify that the image will contain a table of safe exception handlers. |
| /SECTION | Overrides the attributes of a section |
| /STACK | Sets the size of the stack in bytes |
| /STUB | Attaches an MS-DOS stub program to a Win32 program |
| /SUBSYSTEM | Tells the operating system how to run the .exe file |
| /SWAPRUN | Tells the operating system to copy the linker output to a swap file before running it |
| /TLBID | Allows you to specify the resource ID of the linker-generated type library |
| /TLBOUT | Specifies the name of the .tlb file and other MIDL output files |
| /TSAWARE | Creates an application that is specifically designed to run under Terminal Server |
| /VERBOSE | Prints linker progress messages |
| /VERSION | Assigns a version number |
| /VXD | Creates a virtual device driver (VxD) |
| /WS | Aggressively trims process memory |