Error LNK2019 unresolved external symbol __imp__InitCommonControls@0 referenced in function _WinMain@16

when I compile Raymend Chen's scratch project, I got this error message in Visual Studio 2017:

Error LNK2019 unresolved external symbol __imp__InitCommonControls@0 referenced in function _WinMain@16

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good solution:

#pragma comment(lib, "comctl32.lib")

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interesting demo

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an interesting demo

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