Please Help! - linking opencv

I think I followed all the instructions to the letter on the wiki pages but I can't even get a hello world running

I've never used a library that didn't come built in with visual c++ 2010, so I'm guessing I'm linking my project to it wrong??

Here's what I'm doing in the configuration properties..
include directories: opencv
library directories: lib
source directories: cv , cvaux, cxcore, highgui, ml

I'm getting these errors

error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _cvReleaseImage referenced in function _wmain
error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _cvDestroyWindow referenced in function _wmain
error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _cvWaitKey referenced in function _wmain
error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _cvShowImage referenced in function _wmain
error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _cvNamedWindow referenced in function _wmain
error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _cvLoadImage referenced in function _wmain

I have no direct experience of using OpenCV, although know people who have. Have you tried looking at this guide: OpenCV tutorial. It is specifically directed at those developing in MS Visual so it may give you some in sight. Sorry I can't be more helpful, but by the looks of the error messages you stated you are not compiling with the right libraries attached.

Someone with more direct experience of OpenCV may be able to help you more.

kk so my problem was with compiling the library first. Be sure to use CMake!

I have a new problem though.

I'm getting an application error box: "The application was unable to start correctly" some hex and "Click OK to close the application"

From what I'm seeing on other boards and blogs, it's because I'm running x64 windows 7. I'm using visual c++ 2010, too if that makes any difference.

If anyone has seen and conquored this error, please help!

Being more specific than "some hex" would be helpful.

Googling the "some hex" would show you all the other people who had the same error as well, and maybe even something on one of the microsoft sites.

the hex coming up with the error is 0xc0150002

I googled this error (including the hex) and found a few other people having the same problem, but no solutions so far.