Most of you will want to save your work to P drive. However, you cannot compile programs on the P drive, therefore you must configure the project to build the project on the C drive. This how to will tell you how to do this, using the classic "Hello World" program as an example.
First we must open a new project (File > New > Project), and call it HelloWorld.
Select Visual C++ > Win32 > Win 32 Console Application, and enter in the name for the project, HelloWorld in this case. Check that the location is:
P:\Visual Studio 2005\Projects
PLEASE COMPLETE THESE NEXT TWO STEPS BEFORE BUILDING THE SOLUTION!!
Next we must setup the build directories in the C drive. Open up the project properties in Project > HelloWorld Properties...
Then select Configuration Properties > General . We need to edit the Output Directory and the Intermediate Directory. Click on the box next to Output Directory and enter
c:/temp/$(UserName)/$(SolutionName)/$(ConfigurationName) Next click on the box next to Intermediate Directory and enter
c:/temp/$(UserName)/$(SolutionName)/$(ConfigurationName)Since my username is MBBXDPJ2, when this program compiles the executable files will be stored at
c:/temp/MBBXDPJ2/HelloWorld/Debug
Now write your code (if you haven't already done so) and we can start debugging. Select Debug > Start Debugging...
Select yes when asked to build...
We should see terminal pop up with the famous "Hello World".
