
how to avoid loading of symbols
If you implicitly link with dlls then it means the exe will need the dll's
at startup, which means the de{*filter*} will be loading the symbols. The
Output window displays this. If you perform a delay load or explict
LoadLibrary then the symbols won't get loaded. I don't there is a setting
in VC++ to defer loading of symbols. WinDBG has an options,
View->Options->Symbols, you can select Defer Loading Until Needed, it might
help.