When I make an empty project in VS 2015 it automatically puts these libraries into "additional dependencies":
kernel32.lib;user32.lib;gdi32.lib;winspool.lib;comdlg32.lib;advapi32.lib;shell32.lib;ole32.lib;oleaut32.lib;uuid.lib;odbc32.lib;odbccp32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)
I have no idea what most of these are for, can they be safely removed?