Linker -> Advanced -> Target Machine

Question

This question was asked before , but there is no answer yet, so i will try to recap it.

So here is the Problem, i realized on one project, tat the Platform was choosen to be "Win32" but under "Linker > Advanced -> TargetMachine" i had "MachineX64(/MACHINE.x64)

So what is the purpose oft his option? In which case is this option usefull and what happens when i choosen Plattform:Win32 and change the TargetMachine Setting to X64?

Answer 1

It won´t work. The linker gets 32bit file from the compiler
but is told to process/make 64bit stuff => Error. Just try it.

The main reason is that in some cases the linker can´t determine
the correct setting from the compiler output.