<p>I'm just starting out writing trying to write a simple program in C and I am using Visual Studios to do so. I heard that it does compile C as well as C++. And I know that it does because it says it compiles. The only problem is that when I go to the output directory, there isn't a .exe file in the directory! It has the following:</p>

<ul>
<li>BuildLog.html</li>
<li>mt.dep</li>
<li>test1.obj</li>
<li>vc90.idb</li>
<li>vc90.pdb</li>
</ul>

<p>But that is all! No EXE. I've looked through all the options and made sure that it is set to compile to an exe and i checked the output file. That is $(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe. But alas, no exe appears. Any ideas?</p>

<p>Also when i try to hit f5 and run with debut i get an error that says</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>This application has failed to start
  because MSVCR90.DLL was not found.
  Re-installing the application may fix
  this problem</p>
</blockquote>

is it a C/C++ console application?
did you use the project wizard to create it?
do you have a function like
```
```
#include "stdafx.h"

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
    printf("Hello, world!\n");
    return 0;
}
```
```
in a .c module, typically main.c?
what happens when you hit F5 to run-with-debug?
what does your build log look like?