fatal error in visual c++ 6.0

[goldriver92]

hello everyone, its my first year at university and its been 6 weeks since i have been studying C and C++. I have learnt the basics up till now like how to print an integer ,character, float, int, and opeartors, if,else,while and so on. Anyways, in a few days i will be having my first exam regarding this subject and to prepare for the exam i have installed visual c++ 6.0 on my laptop which is a dell inspiron (windows 7).
But each time i write a program the same error occurs
--------------------Configuration: derda - Win32 Debug--------------------
Linking...
LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file "Debug/derda.exe"
Error executing link.exe.

derda.exe - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)

Can someone please help me with thiS?!!!

[Athar]

Don't use VC++6. It's ancient, buggy and broken.
Download a recent version of VC++ or a different C++ development environment, such as Code::Blocks.

[jleach]

I'm a fan of Code::Blocks. VC++ has always had way to much extra crap that gets in the way for my tastes, but CB has a good layout and a ton of options. VC++ would be better of you prefer "visual design" (drag drop controls/forms wizards everywhere, etc), but IMO something without all that is better for beginners to learn the ins and outs of what actually goes on.

[helios]

Are you running the program while trying to compile? If so, don't.