Compiler fatal errors C999 through C1999
The articles in this section of the documentation explain a subset of the error messages that are generated by the Microsoft C/C++ compiler.
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Error messages
| Error | Message |
|---|---|
| Fatal error C1001 | An internal error has occurred in the compiler. (compiler file 'file', line number) To work around this problem, try simplifying or changing the program near the locations listed above. Please choose the Technical Support command on the Visual C++ Help menu, or open the Technical Support help file for more information |
| Fatal error C1002 | compiler is out of heap space in pass 2 |
| Fatal error C1003 | error count exceeds number; stopping compilation |
| Fatal error C1004 | unexpected end-of-file found |
| Fatal error C1005 | string too big for buffer |
| Fatal error C1006 | write error on compiler intermediate file |
| Fatal error C1007 | unrecognized flag 'string' in 'option' |
| Fatal error C1008 | no input file specified |
| Fatal error C1009 | compiler limit: macros nested too deeply |
| Fatal error C1010 | unexpected end of file while looking for precompiled header. Did you forget to add '#include <file>' to your source? |
| Fatal error C1011 | cannot locate standard module interface. Did you install the library part of the C++ modules feature in VS setup? |
| Fatal error C1012 | unmatched parenthesis: missing 'character" |
| Fatal error C1013 | compiler limit: too many open parentheses |
| Fatal error C1014 | too many include files: depth = number |
| Fatal error C1015 | header-names 'header-name' and 'header-name' identify the same header and cannot be used as both /headerUnit:quoted and /headerUnit:angle arguments; please provide this header-name only once |
| Fatal error C1016 | #ifdef/#ifndef expected an identifier |
| Fatal error C1017 | invalid integer constant expression |
| Fatal error C1018 | unexpected #elif |
| Fatal error C1019 | unexpected #else |
| Fatal error C1020 | unexpected #endif |
| Fatal error C1021 | invalid preprocessor command 'string' |
| Fatal error C1022 | expected #endif |
| Fatal error C1023 | 'file': unexpected error with pch, try rebuilding the pch |
| Fatal error C1024 | (Obsolete) too many symbols |
| Fatal error C1025 | too many nested lambdas |
| Fatal error C1026 | parser stack overflow, program too complex |
| Fatal error C1027 | (Obsolete) Inconsistent values for /Ym between creation and use of precompiled header |
| Fatal error C1030 | WMMX types not allowed in the function signature by the calling convention |
| Fatal error C1032 | __eabi requires VFP code generation (/QRfpe-) |
| Fatal error C1033 | cannot open program database 'file' |
| Fatal error C1034 | file: no include path set |
| Fatal error C1035 | expression too complex; simplify expression |
| Fatal error C1036 | cannot overwrite earlier program database format, delete 'file' and recompile |
| Fatal error C1037 | cannot open object file 'file' |
| Fatal error C1038 | (Obsolete) compiler limit: 'function': control flow state too complex; simplify function |
| Fatal error C1039 | more arguments of intrinsic type than allowed by the calling convention |
| Fatal error C1040 | intrinsic function or type not allowed in Thumb mode |
| Fatal error C1041 | cannot open program database 'file'; if multiple CL.EXE write to the same .PDB file, please use /FS |
| Fatal error C1042 | cannot open compiler intermediate file - no such file or directory |
| Fatal error C1043 | cannot open compiler intermediate file |
| Fatal error C1044 | out of disk space for compiler intermediate file |
| Fatal error C1045 | compiler limit: linkage specifications nested too deeply |
| Fatal error C1046 | compiler limit: structure nested too deeply |
| Fatal error C1047 | The object or library file 'file' was created with an older compiler than other objects; rebuild old objects and libraries |
| Fatal error C1048 | unknown option 'string' in 'option' |
| Fatal error C1049 | invalid numerical argument 'value' |
| Fatal error C1051 | program database file, 'file', has an obsolete format, delete it and recompile |
| Fatal error C1052 | program database file, 'filename', was generated by the linker with /DEBUG:fastlink; compiler cannot update such PDB files; please delete it or use /Fd to specify a different PDB filename |
| Fatal error C1053 | 'function': function too large |
| Fatal error C1054 | compiler limit: initializers nested too deeply |
| Fatal error C1055 | compiler limit: out of keys |
| Fatal error C1056 | cannot update the time date stamp field in 'object-file'; error code error-code |
| Fatal error C1057 | unexpected end of file in macro expansion |
| Fatal error C1058 | compiler limit: too many attributes on symbol 'symbol-name' |
| Fatal error C1059 | (Obsolete) compiler is out of near heap space |
| Fatal error C1060 | compiler is out of heap space |
| Fatal error C1061 | compiler limit: blocks nested too deeply |
| Fatal error C1063 | compiler limit: compiler stack overflow |
| Fatal error C1064 | compiler limit: token overflowed internal buffer |
| Fatal error C1065 | compiler limit: out of tags |
| Fatal error C1067 | compiler limit: 64K limit on size of a type record has been exceeded |
| Fatal error C1068 | cannot open file 'file' |
| Fatal error C1069 | cannot read compiler command line |
| Fatal error C1070 | mismatched #if/#endif pair in file 'file' |
| Fatal error C1071 | unexpected end of file found in comment |
| Fatal error C1073 | (Obsolete) Internal error involving incremental compilation(compiler file 'file', line number) |
| Fatal error C1074 | 'IDB' is illegal extension for PDB file: file |
| Fatal error C1075 | the left token was unmatched at the end of the file |
| Fatal error C1076 | compiler limit: internal heap limit reached; use /Zm to specify a higher limit |
| Fatal error C1077 | compiler limit: cannot have more than number command line options |
| Fatal error C1079 | (Obsolete) compiler limit: PCH file size limit exceeded |
| Fatal error C1080 | compiler limit: command line option exceeded limit of number characters |
| Fatal error C1081 | 'file': file name too long |
| Fatal error C1082 | cannot close type file: 'file': message |
| Fatal error C1083 | cannot open type file: 'file': message |
| Fatal error C1084 | cannot read type file: 'file': message |
| Fatal error C1085 | cannot write type file: 'file': message |
| Fatal error C1086 | cannot seek type file: 'file': message |
| Fatal error C1087 | cannot tell type file: 'file': message |
| Fatal error C1088 | cannot flush type file: 'file': message |
| Fatal error C1089 | cannot truncate type file: 'file': message |
| Fatal error C1090 | PDB API call failed, error code 'code': 'message' |
| Fatal error C1091 | compiler limit: string exceeds number bytes in length |
| Fatal error C1092 | Edit and Continue does not support changes to data types; build required |
| Fatal error C1093 | API call 'function' failed 'HRESULT': 'description' |
| Fatal error C1094 | '-Zmnumber': command line option is inconsistent with value used to build precompiled header ('-Zmnumber') |
| Fatal error C1098 | Version mismatch with Edit and Continue engine |
| Fatal error C1099 | Edit and Continue engine terminating compile |
| Fatal error C1100 | unable to initialize OLE: error |
| Fatal error C1101 | cannot create handler for attribute 'identifier' |
| Fatal error C1102 | unable to initialize: error |
| Fatal error C1103 | fatal error importing progid: 'message' |
| Fatal error C1104 | fatal error importing libid: 'message' |
| Fatal error C1105 | message: HRESULT error |
| Fatal error C1107 | could not find assembly 'assembly': please specify the assembly search path using /AI or by setting the LIBPATH environment variable |
| Fatal error C1108 | unable to find DLL: 'file' |
| Fatal error C1109 | unable to find 'symbol' in DLL 'file' |
| Fatal error C1110 | too many nested template/generic definitions |
| Fatal error C1111 | too many template/generic parameters |
| Fatal error C1112 | compiler limit: 'number' too many macro arguments, only number allowed |
| Fatal error C1113 | #using failed on 'file' |
| Fatal error C1114 | 'file': WinRT does not support #using of a managed assembly |
| Fatal error C1115 | too many nested lambdas |
| Fatal error C1116 | unrecoverable error importing module/headerunit 'name'. Specialization of 'primary-template' with arguments 'argument-list' |
| Fatal error C1117 | unrecoverable error importing module/headerunit 'name': symbol 'symbol-name' has already been defined |
| Fatal error C1118 | cannot expand the environment variable variable-name in file-type filename in object file 'object-file' |
| Fatal error C1119 | unrecoverable error importing symbol 'symbol-name' from module 'module-name' |
| Fatal error C1120 | call to GetProcAddress failed for 'function' |
| Fatal error C1121 | call to CryptoAPI failed |
| Fatal error C1126 | automatic allocation exceeds size |
| Fatal error C1127 | Operation requires option |
| Fatal error C1128 | number of sections exceeded object file format limit: compile with /bigobj |
| Fatal error C1189 | #error: message |
| Fatal error C1190 | managed targeted code requires a '/clr' option |
| Fatal error C1191 | 'file' can only be imported at global scope |
| Fatal error C1192 | #using failed on 'file' |
| Fatal error C1193 | an error expected in file(line) not reached |
| Fatal error C1194 | (Obsolete) checkpoint 'name' expected in file(line) not reached |
| Fatal error C1195 | use of /Yu and /Yc on the same command line is incompatible with the /clr option |
| Fatal error C1196 | 'identifier' : identifier found in type library 'typelib' is not a valid C++ identifier |
| Fatal error C1197 | cannot reference 'file' as the program has already referenced 'file' |
| Fatal error C1198 | feature will be supported in a future release |
| Fatal error C1199 | missing reference to IFC file to resolve an import-declaration; please ensure the proper value for a '/reference' or '/headerUnit' option is provided |
| Fatal error C1201 | unable to continue after syntax error in class template definition |
| Fatal error C1202 | recursive type or function dependency context too complex |
| Fatal error C1203 | invalid symbol name or value specification in #pragma extern_absolute |
| Fatal error C1204 | symbol 'symbol-name' specified in #pragma extern_absolute has different values: value-1 and value-2 |
| Fatal error C1205 | (Obsolete) Generics are not supported by the version of the runtime installed |
| Fatal error C1206 | (Obsolete) Per-appdomain data is not supported by the version of the runtime installed |
| Fatal error C1207 | (Obsolete) Managed templates not supported by the version of the runtime installed |
| Fatal error C1208 | (Obsolete) Allocating reference classes on the stack is not supported by the version of the runtime installed |
| Fatal error C1209 | (Obsolete) Friend assemblies not supported by the version of the runtime installed |
| Fatal error C1210 | (Obsolete) /clr:pure and /clr:safe are not supported by the version of the runtime installed |
| Fatal error C1211 | (Obsolete) The TypeForwardedTo Custom Attribute is not supported by the version of the runtime installed |
| Fatal error C1212 | Input file was modified by another process while building: 'filename' |
| Fatal error C1213 | Header units are unsupported without /Zc:preprocessor |
| Fatal error C1214 | Modules conflict with non-standard behavior requested via 'option' |
| Fatal error C1300 | error accessing program database file (message) |
| Fatal error C1301 | error accessing program database file, invalid format, please delete and rebuild |
| Fatal error C1302 | no profile data for module 'module' in profile database 'file' |
| Fatal error C1303 | profile data corrupt in profile database 'filename' |
| Fatal error C1304 | profile data version mismatch in profile database 'filename' |
| Fatal error C1305 | profile database 'file' is for a different architecture |
| Fatal error C1306 | last change to profile data base 'file' was not optimization analysis; optimization decisions may be out of date |
| Fatal error C1307 | program has been edited since profile data was collected |
| Fatal error C1308 | file: linking assemblies is not supported |
| Fatal error C1309 | Mismatched versions of C2.DLL and pgodbversion.DLL |
| Fatal error C1310 | profile guided optimizations are not available with OpenMP |
| Fatal error C1311 | COFF format cannot statically initialize 'symbol' with number byte(s) of an address |
| Fatal error C1312 | Too many conditional branches in function. Simplify or refactor source code. |
| Fatal error C1313 | compiler limit: type blocks may not be nested deeper than number levels |
| Fatal error C1350 | error loading dll 'file': dll not found |
| Fatal error C1351 | error loading dll 'file': incompatible version |
| Fatal error C1352 | Invalid or corrupt MSIL in function 'function' from module 'module' |
| Fatal error C1353 | metadata operation failed: runtime not installed or version mismatch |
| Fatal error C1354 | error accessing previous object file filename (reason) |
| Fatal error C1355 | unable to find entrypoint 'function-name' in PDB helper |
| Fatal error C1356 | unable to find PDB helper |
| Fatal error C1357 | C2.DLL unsupported flag combination hybrid:x86arm64, CLR |
| Fatal error C1358 | module (key=0xvalue) information unavailable |
| Fatal error C1382 | the PCH file 'file' has been rebuilt since 'obj' was generated. Please rebuild this object |
| Fatal error C1383 | compiler option /GL is incompatible with the installed version of common language runtime |
| Fatal error C1384 | Incorrect setting for PGO_PATH_TRANSLATION when linking 'file' |
| Fatal error C1385 | profile guided optimizations not available for Thumb; compile 'filename' as ARM or Thumb-2. |
| Fatal error C1451 | Failed to generate debug information when compiling the call graph for the concurrency::parallel_for_each at: 'callsite' |
| Fatal error C1505 | unrecoverable parser look-ahead error |
| Fatal error C1506 | unrecoverable block scoping error |
| Fatal error C1507 | previous user errors and subsequent error recovery halt further compilation |
| Fatal error C1508 | compiler limit: 'function': more than 65535 argument bytes |
| Fatal error C1509 | compiler limit: too many exception handler states in function 'function'; simplify function |
| Fatal error C1510 | Cannot open language resource clui.dll |
| Fatal error C1511 | Message (used by capture_repro option) |
| Fatal error C1601 | unsupported inline assembly opcode |
| Fatal error C1602 | unsupported intrinsic |
| Fatal error C1603 | inline assembly branch target out of range by number bytes |
| Fatal error C1604 | fatal lambda parsing error: see the lambda definition beginning on line number |
| Fatal error C1605 | compiler limit: object file size cannot exceed 4 GB |
| Fatal error C1852 | 'file' is not a valid precompiled header file |
| Fatal error C1853 | 'file' precompiled header file is from a previous version of the compiler, or the precompiled header is C++ and you are using it from C (or vice versa) |
| Fatal error C1854 | cannot overwrite information formed during creation of the precompiled header in object file: 'file' |
| Fatal error C1859 | (Obsolete) 'Message' unexpected precompiled header error, simply rerunning the compiler might fix this problem |
| Fatal error C1900 | IL mismatch between 'tool' version 'number' and 'tool' version 'number' |
| Fatal error C1901 | (Obsolete) Internal memory management error |
| Fatal error C1902 | Program database manager mismatch; please check your installation |
| Fatal error C1903 | unable to recover from previous error(s); stopping compilation |
| Fatal error C1904 | bad provider interaction: 'file' |
| Fatal error C1905 | Front end and back end not compatible (must target same processor). |
| Fatal error C1906 | assembly reference 'name' not resolved for type 'type-name'; missing option '-FU filename.dll'? |
| Fatal error C1907 | unable to recover from previous error(s); stopping compilation |