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(its a long story) but I have a large complex project file containing a windows program. Unfortunately the project was originally built as a console app. The program compiles and links ok but when runs brings up a console instead of the collection of windows I was hoping for. I looked at the command line and saw "/SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE" whereas it should be "/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS". I have no idea how to change the command line. Is there some box I can tick in the project setting somewhere to make this change?
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Console Applications don't have user interfaces and are run in the Command Prompt. Windows Forms applications do have user interfaces. That's probably the biggest difference. A Windows form application is an application that has a graphical user interface(GUI) like the Visual C# IDE.
A console application is a computer program designed to be used via a text-only computer interface, such as a text terminal, the command-line interface of some operating systems (Unix, DOS, etc.) or the text-based interface included with most graphical user interface (GUI) operating systems, such as the Windows Console ...
On the Create a new project page, enter console in the search box. Next, choose C# or Visual Basic from the language list, and then choose All platforms from the platform list. Choose the Console Application template, and then choose Next.
Right-click the project icon in the Solution Explorer, then Properties > Linker > System > SubSystem, and set that to Windows. You'll also have to change your main() method to WinMain(). And you'd better create some windows or there won't be much to look at.
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Complementing Hans' answer: While under Properties, also remember to expand the C/C++ node and select Preprocessor. Then edit the Preprocessor Definitions - replace _CONSOLE with _WINDOWS.
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