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Compiling MFC80.DLL: Error reading key file 'finalpublickey.snk'

I have Visual Studio 2005 installed. I tried to compile MFC80.DLL by typing the following lines in command prompt:

cd C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin
vcvars32.bat
cd C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\atlmfc\src
nmake /f atlmfc.mak MFC LIBNAME="MFC80"

The compiler runs for about 20 minutes and this is the error message that appeared at the end:

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 8.00.50727.42
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

if not exist INTEL\$udll.w mkdir INTEL\$udll.w
link.exe @C:\DOCUME~1\james\LOCALS~1\Temp\nm1C2.tmp
LINK : fatal error LNK1256: ALINK operation failed (80040414) : Error reading key file 'finalpublickey.snk' -- The system cannot find the file specified.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\BIN\link.exe"' : return code '0x4e8'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\BIN\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\BIN\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.

I'm wondering if anyone knows how to avoid this error?

Thanks!!

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james567

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Thanks for your help ~

I tried removing all lines with the .snk words but still could not compile it. However, I got around the problem and I don't need to compile the library anymore. =)

James