How do I create an executable in Visual Studio 2013 w/ C++?

Question

I can't find the exe file for my Hello World program that succeeded to work, and the program did not open as soon as it said it worked. I tried going to my documents and checking my project's folder. It was completely empty. Thanks for any and all help.

Answer 1

All executable files from Visual Studio should be located in the debug folder of your project, e.g:

Visual Studio Directory: c:\users\me\documents\visual studio

Then the project which was called 'hello world' would be in the directory:

c:\users\me\documents\visual studio\hello world

And your exe would be located in:

c:\users\me\documents\visual studio\hello world\Debug\hello world.exe

Note the exe being named the same as the project.

Otherwise, you could publish it to a specified folder of your choice which comes with an installation, which would be good if you wanted to distribute it quickly

EDIT:

Everytime you build your project in VS, the exe is updated with the new one according to the code (as long as it builds without errors). When you publish it, you can choose the location, aswell as other factors, and the setup exe will be in that location, aswell as some manifest files and other files about the project.

Answer 2

1. Click BUILD > Configuration Manager...
2. Under Project contexts > Configuration, select "Release"
3. BUILD > Build Solution or Rebuild Solution