https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/11775 <p> In the getting started guide, this information is outdated. At least on my computer, the correct folder was <strong>C:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_59_0\stage\lib</strong>. Thankfully the build process was explicit about that. </p> <pre class="wiki">6.1 Link From Within the Visual Studio IDE Starting with the header-only example project we created earlier: 1.Right-click example in the Solution Explorer pane and select Properties from the resulting pop-up menu 2.In Configuration Properties &gt; Linker &gt; Additional Library Directories, enter the path to the Boost binaries, e.g. '''C:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_59_0\lib\'''. 3.From the Build menu, select Build Solution. skip to the next step </pre> en-us /htdocs/site/boost.png https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/11775 Trac 1.4.3