Why is link.exe failing? exit code: 1181

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I'm following this tutorial and having this issue unless I first build the dll code, and copy the .lib file to the parent folder of the exe's source code.

There is no build script and there no manual copying in this guide. Cargo just figures it all out.
My output:

   Compiling hello_runner v0.1.0 (C:\Users\nobody\Documents\code\compiled\rust\hello\hello_runner)
error: linking with `link.exe` failed: exit code: 1181
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  = note: "C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2022\\Community\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.42.34433\\bin\\HostX64\\x64\\link.exe" "/NOLOGO" "C:\\Users\\nobody\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\rustcfDZRPO\\symbols.o" "C:\\Users\\nobody\\Documents\\code\\compiled\\rust\\hello\\target\\debug\\deps\\hello_runner.37ti7aqepqar6m0a9qdjhatgw.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\nobody\\Documents\\code\\compiled\\rust\\hello\\target\\debug\\deps\\hello_runner.5hsi1jyoqqven15z7ahv5nxql.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\nobody\\Documents\\code\\compiled\\rust\\hello\\target\\debug\\deps\\hello_runner.603gdiqi163s26tug7cza0z6t.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\nobody\\Documents\\code\\compiled\\rust\\hello\\target\\debug\\deps\\hello_runner.8v5l4ollp8sxsi5c6zyebmmp0.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\nobody\\Documents\\code\\compiled\\rust\\hello\\target\\debug\\deps\\hello_runner.9n8f1dzftc3rid9u6c6sdcv1r.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\nobody\\Documents\\code\\compiled\\rust\\hello\\target\\debug\\deps\\hello_runner.dkc78uc6xefvd3yeuvjmwydv6.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\nobody\\Documents\\code\\compiled\\rust\\hello\\target\\debug\\deps\\hello_runner.5iohkj009p8hi1ko36vgbz4y5.rcgu.o" "hello_dll.dll.lib" "C:\\Users\\nobody\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libstd-b84ff5acd6bc244a.rlib" "C:\\Users\\nobody\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libpanic_unwind-48b6b1a2a90a15be.rlib" "C:\\Users\\nobody\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libmemchr-77f16b23eaf07898.rlib" "C:\\Users\\nobody\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libwindows_targets-44d066234198c8a4.rlib" "C:\\Users\\nobody\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\librustc_demangle-12d696bf58c9e9c7.rlib" "C:\\Users\\nobody\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libstd_detect-2206e5523d327069.rlib" "C:\\Users\\nobody\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libhashbrown-a9142fbefbdf1faf.rlib" "C:\\Users\\nobody\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\librustc_std_workspace_alloc-e7de328891fff36a.rlib" "C:\\Users\\nobody\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libunwind-1356fe3b4850b6e6.rlib" "C:\\Users\\nobody\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libcfg_if-314940f2a2940707.rlib" "C:\\Users\\nobody\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\liballoc-9dfd12b559455ea0.rlib" "C:\\Users\\nobody\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\librustc_std_workspace_core-42049fa76a54b99d.rlib" "C:\\Users\\nobody\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libcore-34a43d83f1ad639d.rlib" "C:\\Users\\nobody\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libcompiler_builtins-5c59788ced62b43b.rlib" "kernel32.lib" "kernel32.lib" "advapi32.lib" "ntdll.lib" "userenv.lib" "ws2_32.lib" "dbghelp.lib" "/defaultlib:msvcrt" "/NXCOMPAT" "/OUT:C:\\Users\\nobody\\Documents\\code\\compiled\\rust\\hello\\target\\debug\\deps\\hello_runner.exe" "/OPT:REF,NOICF" "/DEBUG" "/PDBALTPATH:%_PDB%" "/NATVIS:C:\\Users\\nobody\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\etc\\intrinsic.natvis" "/NATVIS:C:\\Users\\nobody\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\etc\\liballoc.natvis" "/NATVIS:C:\\Users\\nobody\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\etc\\libcore.natvis" "/NATVIS:C:\\Users\\nobody\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\etc\\libstd.natvis"
  = note: LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'hello_dll.dll.lib'␍


error: could not compile `hello_runner` (bin "hello_runner") due to 1 previous error
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