primary expression before else

I used the if and else to make a basic program to tell someone happy birthday but I keep getting an error saying primary expression before else

here is my source code

Code:

// Birthday program

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstdio>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int a;
    cout << "Is it your Birthday today? Type 1 for yes and 2 for no. /t";
    cin >> a;
    if (a==1);
    {
    cout << "Happy Birthday I hope today is really good for you!";
}
    else;
   {
    cout << "Then open this on your birthday instead";
}
    system("PAUSE");
    return 0;
}

Take away the ; in

Code:

 if (a==1);

and also in

Code:

else;

That's what I did in CodeBlocks and it's working fine.

Code:

if (a==1);
    {
    cout << "Happy Birthday I hope today is really good for you!";
}
    else;

The semi-colons I've highlighted should not be there.

sorry that is the older one before I removed the semi colons I am using dev compiler does that make a difference

Nevermind Thank you for your help