Thread: Windows 7 64b & CodeBlocks

Hi. So I've been following the code blocks tutorial and I've followed each step precisely, (insofar as I can tell) including installing the minGW version. The code (as is in the tutorial) seems to build fine (0 errors, 0 warnings) but it doesn't run. At least that's what I thought until I found the actual executable in the \bin\ folder and double-clicked it. I notice that the console does appear for about a millisecond.

If it helps I'm running Windows 7 64bit. As for compilers & settings I'm using whatever defaults were in place when I installed.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Try and run Codeblocks from the console to see if any errors are shown when the exe is supposed to be running.
Specifically look for something like "Console Runner" in the error.

I had such a problem (although in linux) and found out that the required terminal (xterm) to which consolerunner points by default(again..in linux) wasn't installed.

You hit Ctrl-F9 to build and Ctrl-F10 to run the program. If you run it from inside C::B, then C::B runs a batch file that will "keep the window open". Or you can use your computer in the way it was intended, by getting a cmd window open and then typing the name of your program (after navigating to the proper directory).