well i have been having a bit of trouble getting my copy of dev c++ to work lately even with a simple hello world program, so i remembered about the copy of ms visual c++ introductory edition that came with my book. i opened it up and installed it and compiled something and it told me exactly what the bug was and i thought that was pretty cool. however i dont think ill be using it as a main compiler cause it makes tons of files instead of just a .cpp one and it has a nag message box in all of the exe's. anyway if my hard drive doesnt get too packed with stuff i guess ill keep it on there just for the debugger. maybey someday ill be good enough to pay for the real ms visual c++.........

I don't know what's wrong with your Dev-C++. You accidentally changed a value in a file? Mine works fine (I use the latest version).

I have Visual C++... It's full version and it doesn't create that nag screen B).
But in my version I can turn off that "tons of files" thing, but they can be useful too! :)

I got Visual C++ for $20 on ebay and it works fine. The most helpful thing about Visual C++ is that it comes with a huge search where you can look up anything to do with Windows and console programing, I look stuff up all the time with it. :)