Thread: I have a BIG problem!! please help!

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    I have a BIG problem!! please help!

    ok, I just installed Bledshed's dev-C++. I open it and then go to source and enter this:

    #include <iostream>
    #include <stdlib.h>

    using namespace std;

    int main()
    {
    cout << "Hello World" << endl;
    system("PAUSE");
    return 0;
    }

    and it says I have an error!! It says "Unable to run program file" and I go to "compile log" and it says 1 error, then right by that under "compile log" it says
    "Compiler: Default compiler
    Executing g++.exe...
    g++.exe "C:\Dev-Cpp\Hello.cpp" -o "C:\Dev-Cpp\Hello.exe" -I"C:\Dev-Cpp" -L"C:\Dev-Cpp\lib"
    Execution terminated".

    So then I tryed it at my friends house and it works fine! I don't get it! someone help me out please. Thanks!

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    You need to install g++. And if it is installed, it needs to be in your path or in a directory already in your path.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pablo615
    You need to install g++. And if it is installed, it needs to be in your path or in a directory already in your path.
    where can I download it?

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    Hello,

    There are a couple of reasons why Dev-C++ gives this error.

    First things first, you can download g++ for Windows here. Though, in fact, you may already have it.

    Secondly, with a in-depth Google search I found the following information:

    About the "unable to run program file" problem with Dev-C++: I had the same problem when I installed a modified version of Dev-C++ with a wxWidgets framework included. I installed it in "C:\dev-cpp\dev-cpp" instead of "C:\dev-cpp" only. I uninstalled the program and reinstalled it in the correct folder "C:\dev-cpp". From that moment I was unable to use Dev-C++, even if I removed and reinstalled it a lot of times.

    The trick is that Dev-C++ puts 2 files in "C:\documents and settings\<your username>\local settings\application data\". These files are "devcpp.cfg" and "devcpp.ini". Remove Dev-C++, delete these files and reinstall Dev-C++. All should work again.


    - Stack Overflow
    Segmentation Fault: I am an error in which a running program attempts to access memory not allocated to it and core dumps with a segmentation violation error. This is often caused by improper usage of pointers, attempts to access a non-existent or read-only physical memory address, re-use of memory if freed within the same scope, de-referencing a null pointer, or (in C) inadvertently using a non-pointer variable as a pointer.

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    I uninstalled it and re-installed it and it still won't work.

    EDIT: That fixed it! Thanks man!!!!!
    Last edited by Mattiethomas; 12-17-2004 at 09:15 PM.

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