So I successfully compiled (GCC) and linked (G++) my project (name=rap00.exe) but when I try to run it (from the I: drive for instance) by double clicking on the program icon the computer gives me the error:
"Windows cannot find 'I:\rap00.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again..."
If I go to the command line and 'dir' OR 'ls' the file rap00.exe is present but if I run it again the computer returns:
"The system cannot find the file I:\rap00.exe."
What have I done wrong?
Right click on the program icon, and select "properties". Look where the icon is going to start the program from. Right now, that program is not in the same place, so the system can't run it.
Move the program into the same system where the icon will start it from, or change the start location of the icon, to reflect the true location of the program. One or the other - they have to be the same, in order to work. Save the properties, if you change it.
Adak - The location is correct and that would not explain the problem in the command line.
Does it run if you start it from the command line?
That is, just type the command I:\rap00 and see if it starts.
Also, are you sure you're consistently using two zeros, not two capital Os?
The location is obviously NOT correct, or you wouldn't be getting the "Windows cannot find ..." error, when you tried to start it with the icon.
You may have a program with a very similar name, but the named program is not where Windows is looking for it.
That much should be obvious, from the error message.
Turns out the compiled code (rap00.exe) is trying to start a program (posix.exe) that is not on the computer that I tried to run it on.
Ah. It should have given a clear error message then.
And it gives this error message:
"The system cannot find the file I:\rap00.exe."
Are you trying to run this inside a VM?
It was compiled using Microsoft services for Unix.
I did not realize SFU compiled apps are dependent on Posix like Cygwin and MinGW are.
So when I run rap00.exe it tries to open a Posix shell and fails.
The error message is totally misleading.
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