Debugging and COmpiling Hello World program only shows black command prompt without showing "Hello World" text...

[gravyboy25]

I've searched the forums regarding my problem and I'm not exactly sure if this is a compiler issue or a Windows Issue.

The problem is not the same as simply the command prompt quickly exiting after running the "Hello World" code since the command promopt is just stuck there without closing. I've tried different compilers/IDE etc... but still the hello world program is not running.

Also after I close down the blank command prompt when I try to re-run the code, it shows error that the compiler cannot successfully "build" the code since it is being used by another program...

[YFGHNG]

If you're using anything from the visual studios lineup, it might be how you're constructing the project. Are you making an Empty project? Sometimes VS will bug out and you gotta just recopy the files into a brand new project and compile it there. Or you just gotta restart the whole thing.

[gravyboy25]

Visual Studio was one of the first IDE/compilers I used that's why I tried installing different compilers to see if this was a VS issue but sadly no...

Empty project "Hello World"

#include <iostream>
int main()
{
using namespace std;
cout << "Hello World!.";
cout << endl;
return 0;
}