Can't find .exe file

[Cycloned]

I use Visual C++ on Windows 7, and I did a thing like Hello World, and when I build solution it succeeds. However, I cannot find the .exe of the project so I can open my program and see what it does. I have searched everywhere.

Can someone please help me? Thanks in advance!

[Albatross]

And I take it you didn't see a button in VC++ that had a play button or something labeled "Run"?

-Albatross

[Cycloned]

It was labeled "Debug", and when I click it, it asks for

Link to image: http://i914.photobucket.com/albums/ac343/leobreaker786/DoesntWork.png

[Albatross]

Well, then in that case try saving your program to a directory where you know where everything is. If you still can't find the executable, check where your program is saving the compiled result (possibly under options?).

-Albatross

[Cycloned]

http://i914.photobucket.com/albums/ac343/leobreaker786/CantFind.png

This is the only place it could be, as everything is saved here. I even did a system search.

Yet there is no .exe file? Maybe it's not saving...?

[Albatross]

Hmm. Try installing VC++ Express 2010, or reinstalling 2008.

-Albatross

[Archaic]

That's rather strange. It should be in the debug folder.

[Cycloned]

Do you recommend any compilers that work for windows 7?

I'll try to see if it works by reinstalling 2008, but I don't think I can download the 2010 one because it is more than 2GB, and my internet is very slow.

[Albatross]

MinGW...
http://www.mingw.org/

-Albatross

[Cycloned]

Sigh, it doesn't work because I can't find the icon to open the application and when I try to follow instructions on how to install it, that doesn't work either.

Any ideas?

[Albatross]

What, you mean MinGW?

-Albatross

[helios]

Looks like a corrupted executable to me. Try rebuilding.

Little piece of advice: you do NOT want to hide filename extensions while programming. A coworker once made a stupid mistake with that and wasted thirty minutes debugging a correct program.

[Cycloned]

I got Dev C++ to work.

BUT ARGHHHHH! The program I copied from a tutorial doesn't work! I feel like giving up; I can't even get one right!

http://i914.photobucket.com/albums/ac343/leobreaker786/DOESNTWORK-1.png

[helios]

Looks like you have more than one MinGW installation in your system.

[Cycloned]

@ above

Are you talking about my MinGW not working or the Dev C++ not working?

[Albatross]

DevC++ uses MinGW. Uninstall all your compilers and IDES, and reinstall Visual Studio. If I remember correctly, Dev C++ is quite backwards.

-Albatross

[Cycloned]

Did that, works fine now.

Thanks so much Albatross, archaic and helios.