Well, I managed to figure this out. (I think.) I'm compelled to post it since I had such a hard time and could find the answer I needed in a couple days of searching. Can't compile & link in one step. I was trying to use: gcc prog7.c resource.coff -I. Couldn't make it work. This does: windres resource.rc resource.coff gcc -c prog7.c -o prog7.o -I. gcc prog7.o resource.coff -I. Here's the makefile: prog7.exe : prog7.o resource.coff gcc prog7.o resource.coff -I. resource.coff : resource.rc windres resource.rc resource.coff prog7.o : prog7.c gcc -c prog7.c -o prog7.o -I. Please forgive my inelegant post; haven't figured out how to put the code in those nice little scroll boxes others use. (currently the least of my problems!) -- View this message in context: http://gcc.1065356.n5.nabble.com/Problem-using-windres-tp1009189p1009401.html Sent from the gcc - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.