Linker Tools Warning LNK4104

  • Article

export of symbol "symbol" should be PRIVATE

The symbol can be one of the following:

  • DllRegisterServer

  • DllRegisterServerEx

  • DllUnregisterServer

  • DllGetClassObject

  • DllCanUnloadNow

This warning is emitted when you are building an import library for a DLL and export one of the above functions without specifying it as PRIVATE in the module-definition file. In general these functions are exported for use only by OLE. Placing them in the import library can lead to unusual behavior when a program linked to the library incorrectly makes calls to them.