Hi, I am working on win7 with vs2010. Occasionally I want to compile with the windows intel compiler (icl, 12.1), whih is to be syntactically and binary fully compatible with the vs2010 (cl10.0). However, due to the “magic” that binds the boost code with the libraries to link against ( btw, where does this “magic” happen?), when I am building with intel, the intel libs are searched for. Building boost with the intel compiler on windows can have its moments, as witnessed by the repeated posts on the web . I would be perfectly happy with linking msvc-compiled boost with the rest of my code compiled with the intel compiler. How can this be done ? Has anyone done it ? (Someone must have thought of this – also saves from two separate builds of the boost libraries ) TVMIA, Petros