title: How to include boost::thread in your C++ project?
body: <p>What do I need to do to include boost::thread in my project?  I have copied the whole thread folder to my working path (I wish to be able to run this on several computers) and I get </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>fatal error C1083: Cannot open include
    file:
    'boost/thread/detail/platform.hpp': No
    such file or directory</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>From the line <code>#include "thread/thread.hpp"</code></p>
  
  <p>What gives?</p>
  
  <p><strong>edit:</strong>
  Even if I just link to the boost folder where the precompiled binary installed and I use <code>#include &lt;boost/thread/thread.hpp&gt;</code> I get </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file
    'libboost_thread-vc90-mt-1_41.lib'</p>
  </blockquote>