How to statically link the C++ REST SDK (Casablanca)

You are trying to use the C++ REST SDK (Casablanca) in your Windows application. You have one of the following problems:

• you need Windows XP support
• when your code executes you receive a debug assertion: _pFirstBlock == pHead
• you get unpredictable behaviour or random crashing
• you need to build an application which links against static libraries

You have 30 minutes to solve the problem. Here is how:

The issue is that the C++ REST SDK only supports dynamic linking. The solution is to re-build the SDK with static linking.