Problem:

The default stack allocation for Windows programs is 1MB.  How can this be increased?

Resolution:

If you want to increase that for your executable program (if, say, it has a very large local-storage section) you can set the LINK environment variable before linking and the linker will set the appropriate property:

  SET LINK="/stack:10000000"

If you need to increase stack allocation for a program that's already linked you can use the Windows editbin utility:

  editbin /STACK:10000000 myprog.exe