TRK0005 Linking Fails Published May 21, 2012 at 722 × 297 in Visual Studio 11 Beta Problem - TRACKER error TRK0005, TRK0002 TRK0005 Linking Fails in Visual Studio 11 Beta Error reported by Visual Studio 11 Beta when it cannot find the manifest generation tools. Written by: Jeff Benshetler on May 21, 2012.Last revised by: