Thanks for the quick reply Jules.
Thought it might be usefult to post the actual compile errors:
juce_audio_devices.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__CoCreateInstance@20 referenced in function "public: __thiscall juce::WasapiClasses::MMDeviceMasterVolume::MMDeviceMasterVolume(void)" (??0MMDeviceMasterVolume@WasapiClasses@juce@@QAE@XZ)
juce_core.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__CoCreateInstance@20
juce_audio_devices.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__PropVariantClear@4 referenced in function "private: void __thiscall juce::WasapiClasses::WASAPIAudioIODeviceType::scan(class juce::StringArray &,class juce::StringArray &,class juce::StringArray &,class juce::StringArray &)" (?scan@WASAPIAudioIODeviceType@WasapiClasses@juce@@AAEXAAVStringArray@3@000@Z)
juce_audio_devices.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__CoTaskMemFree@4 referenced in function "public: __thiscall juce::WasapiClasses::WASAPIDeviceBase::WASAPIDeviceBase(class juce::ComSmartPtr<struct juce::IMMDevice> const &,bool)" (??0WASAPIDeviceBase@WasapiClasses@juce@@QAE@ABV?$ComSmartPtr@UIMMDevice@juce@@@2@_N@Z)
juce_audio_formats.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__CoInitialize@4 referenced in function "public: __thiscall juce::WindowsMediaCodec::WMAudioReader::WMAudioReader(class juce::InputStream * const)" (??0WMAudioReader@WindowsMediaCodec@juce@@QAE@QAVInputStream@2@@Z)
juce_core.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__CoInitialize@4
juce_core.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__ShellExecuteW@24 referenced in function "public: bool __thiscall juce::URL::launchInDefaultBrowser(void)const " (?launchInDefaultBrowser@URL@juce@@QBE_NXZ)
juce_core.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SHFileOperationW@4 referenced in function "public: bool __thiscall juce::File::moveToTrash(void)const " (?moveToTrash@File@juce@@QBE_NXZ)
juce_core.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SHGetSpecialFolderPathW@16 referenced in function "class juce::File __cdecl juce::WindowsFileHelpers::getSpecialFolderPath(int)" (?getSpecialFolderPath@WindowsFileHelpers@juce@@YA?AVFile@2@H@Z)
juce_events.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__CommandLineToArgvW@8 referenced in function "public: static class juce::StringArray __stdcall juce::JUCEApplicationBase::getCommandLineParameterArray(void)" (?getCommandLineParameterArray@JUCEApplicationBase@juce@@SG?AVStringArray@2@XZ)
juce_events.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__OleInitialize@4 referenced in function "private: static void __cdecl juce::MessageManager::doPlatformSpecificInitialisation(void)" (?doPlatformSpecificInitialisation@MessageManager@juce@@CAXXZ)
juce_events.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__OleUninitialize@0 referenced in function "public: __thiscall juce::MessageManager::~MessageManager(void)" (??1MessageManager@juce@@QAE@XZ)
juce_gui_basics.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__ExtractAssociatedIconW@12 referenced in function "public: __thiscall juce::HWNDComponentPeer::WindowClassHolder::WindowClassHolder(void)" (??0WindowClassHolder@HWNDComponentPeer@juce@@QAE@XZ)
juce_gui_basics.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__CoTaskMemAlloc@4 referenced in function "private: static void __cdecl juce::DragAndDropHelpers::JuceEnumFormatEtc::copyFormatEtc(struct tagFORMATETC &,struct tagFORMATETC const &)" (?copyFormatEtc@JuceEnumFormatEtc@DragAndDropHelpers@juce@@CAXAAUtagFORMATETC@@ABU4@@Z)
juce_gui_basics.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__RegisterDragDrop@8 referenced in function "private: void __thiscall juce::HWNDComponentPeer::createWindow(void)" (?createWindow@HWNDComponentPeer@juce@@AAEXXZ)
juce_gui_basics.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__RevokeDragDrop@4 referenced in function "public: virtual __thiscall juce::HWNDComponentPeer::~HWNDComponentPeer(void)" (??1HWNDComponentPeer@juce@@UAE@XZ)
juce_gui_basics.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__DoDragDrop@16 referenced in function "bool __cdecl juce::DragAndDropHelpers::performDragDrop(struct tagFORMATETC * const,struct tagSTGMEDIUM * const,unsigned long)" (?performDragDrop@DragAndDropHelpers@juce@@YA_NQAUtagFORMATETC@@QAUtagSTGMEDIUM@@K@Z)
juce_gui_basics.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SHGetMalloc@4 referenced in function "private: static void __cdecl juce::FileChooser::showPlatformDialog(class juce::Array<class juce::File,class juce::DummyCriticalSection,0> &,class juce::String const &,class juce::File const &,class juce::String const &,bool,bool,bool,bool,bool,class juce::FilePreviewComponent *)" (?showPlatformDialog@FileChooser@juce@@CAXAAV?$Array@VFile@juce@@VDummyCriticalSection@2@$0A@@2@ABVString@2@ABVFile@2@1_N3333PAVFilePreviewComponent@2@@Z)
juce_gui_basics.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SHGetPathFromIDListW@8 referenced in function "private: static void __cdecl juce::FileChooser::showPlatformDialog(class juce::Array<class juce::File,class juce::DummyCriticalSection,0> &,class juce::String const &,class juce::File const &,class juce::String const &,bool,bool,bool,bool,bool,class juce::FilePreviewComponent *)" (?showPlatformDialog@FileChooser@juce@@CAXAAV?$Array@VFile@juce@@VDummyCriticalSection@2@$0A@@2@ABVString@2@ABVFile@2@1_N3333PAVFilePreviewComponent@2@@Z)
juce_gui_basics.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SHBrowseForFolderW@4 referenced in function "private: static void __cdecl juce::FileChooser::showPlatformDialog(class juce::Array<class juce::File,class juce::DummyCriticalSection,0> &,class juce::String const &,class juce::File const &,class juce::String const &,bool,bool,bool,bool,bool,class juce::FilePreviewComponent *)" (?showPlatformDialog@FileChooser@juce@@CAXAAV?$Array@VFile@juce@@VDummyCriticalSection@2@$0A@@2@ABVString@2@ABVFile@2@1_N3333PAVFilePreviewComponent@2@@Z)
juce_gui_basics.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__GetOpenFileNameW@4 referenced in function "private: static void __cdecl juce::FileChooser::showPlatformDialog(class juce::Array<class juce::File,class juce::DummyCriticalSection,0> &,class juce::String const &,class juce::File const &,class juce::String const &,bool,bool,bool,bool,bool,class juce::FilePreviewComponent *)" (?showPlatformDialog@FileChooser@juce@@CAXAAV?$Array@VFile@juce@@VDummyCriticalSection@2@$0A@@2@ABVString@2@ABVFile@2@1_N3333PAVFilePreviewComponent@2@@Z)
juce_gui_basics.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__GetSaveFileNameW@4 referenced in function "private: static void __cdecl juce::FileChooser::showPlatformDialog(class juce::Array<class juce::File,class juce::DummyCriticalSection,0> &,class juce::String const &,class juce::File const &,class juce::String const &,bool,bool,bool,bool,bool,class juce::FilePreviewComponent *)" (?showPlatformDialog@FileChooser@juce@@CAXAAV?$Array@VFile@juce@@VDummyCriticalSection@2@$0A@@2@ABVString@2@ABVFile@2@1_N3333PAVFilePreviewComponent@2@@Z)
juce_gui_extra.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__Shell_NotifyIconW@8 referenced in function "public: __thiscall juce::SystemTrayIconComponent::Pimpl::Pimpl(class juce::SystemTrayIconComponent &,struct HICON__ *,struct HWND__ *)" (??0Pimpl@SystemTrayIconComponent@juce@@QAE@AAV12@PAUHICON__@@PAUHWND__@@@Z)
juce_gui_extra.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SysAllocString@4 referenced in function "public: void __thiscall juce::WebBrowserComponent::Pimpl::goToURL(class juce::String const &,class juce::StringArray const *,class juce::MemoryBlock const *)" (?goToURL@Pimpl@WebBrowserComponent@juce@@QAEXABVString@3@PBVStringArray@3@PBVMemoryBlock@3@@Z)
juce_gui_extra.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SafeArrayDestroy@4 referenced in function "public: void __thiscall juce::WebBrowserComponent::Pimpl::goToURL(class juce::String const &,class juce::StringArray const *,class juce::MemoryBlock const *)" (?goToURL@Pimpl@WebBrowserComponent@juce@@QAEXABVString@3@PBVStringArray@3@PBVMemoryBlock@3@@Z)
juce_gui_extra.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SafeArrayAccessData@8 referenced in function "public: void __thiscall juce::WebBrowserComponent::Pimpl::goToURL(class juce::String const &,class juce::StringArray const *,class juce::MemoryBlock const *)" (?goToURL@Pimpl@WebBrowserComponent@juce@@QAEXABVString@3@PBVStringArray@3@PBVMemoryBlock@3@@Z)
juce_gui_extra.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SafeArrayUnaccessData@4 referenced in function "public: void __thiscall juce::WebBrowserComponent::Pimpl::goToURL(class juce::String const &,class juce::StringArray const *,class juce::MemoryBlock const *)" (?goToURL@Pimpl@WebBrowserComponent@juce@@QAEXABVString@3@PBVStringArray@3@PBVMemoryBlock@3@@Z)
juce_gui_extra.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SafeArrayCreateVector@12 referenced in function "public: void __thiscall juce::WebBrowserComponent::Pimpl::goToURL(class juce::String const &,class juce::StringArray const *,class juce::MemoryBlock const *)" (?goToURL@Pimpl@WebBrowserComponent@juce@@QAEXABVString@3@PBVStringArray@3@PBVMemoryBlock@3@@Z)
juce_gui_extra.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__VariantInit@4 referenced in function "public: void __thiscall juce::WebBrowserComponent::Pimpl::goToURL(class juce::String const &,class juce::StringArray const *,class juce::MemoryBlock const *)" (?goToURL@Pimpl@WebBrowserComponent@juce@@QAEXABVString@3@PBVStringArray@3@PBVMemoryBlock@3@@Z)
juce_gui_extra.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__VariantClear@4 referenced in function "public: void __thiscall juce::WebBrowserComponent::Pimpl::goToURL(class juce::String const &,class juce::StringArray const *,class juce::MemoryBlock const *)" (?goToURL@Pimpl@WebBrowserComponent@juce@@QAEXABVString@3@PBVStringArray@3@PBVMemoryBlock@3@@Z)
juce_gui_extra.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__OleCreate@28 referenced in function "public: bool __thiscall juce::ActiveXControlComponent::createControl(void const *)" (?createControl@ActiveXControlComponent@juce@@QAE_NPBX@Z)
juce_gui_extra.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__OleSetContainedObject@8 referenced in function "public: bool __thiscall juce::ActiveXControlComponent::createControl(void const *)" (?createControl@ActiveXControlComponent@juce@@QAE_NPBX@Z)
release\qt_juce.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 30 unresolved externals
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\BIN\link.EXE"' : return code '0x460'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\BIN\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.
12:36:52: The process "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\BIN\nmake.exe" exited with code 2.
Error while building/deploying project qt_juce (kit: Desktop Qt 5.2.1 MSVC2012 32bit)
When executing step 'Make'