How do you run a C++ code in Windows Visual Express?

Question

I am just starting to learn the C++ language and I have recently come across a problem. The book that I bought told me how to compile a program but it didn't tell me how to run it. When I try to run it using the debugger, this is what comes up:

'Hello.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\KernelBase.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file. 'Hello.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\\ProgramData\\Norton{0C55C096-0F1D-4F28-AAA2-85EF591126E7}\\N360_20.3.0.36\\Definitions\\BASHDefs\\20131022.001\\UMEngx86.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file. 'Hello.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\msvcp120d.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file. 'Hello.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\msvcr120d.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file. The thread 0x1748 has exited with code 0 (0x0). The program '[648] Hello.exe' has exited with code 0 (0x0). ter code here`

Can somebody please tell me what I am doing wrong? By the way this is what comes up at the bottom of the page where output should be.

Answer 1

Try using a pause fragment before the end of main() .

std::cout << "Paused.  Press ENTER to continue.\n";
std::cin.ignore(100000, '\n');

or placing a breakpoint at the end of main() .

I suggest using "Rebuild all" option to make the PDB warnings go away. Another solution is to manually open the folder and delete them then rebuild.