program size too big?

how come everytime i compile my program with msv, the exe gets too big, even if i just print "bla" on screen
and what can i do (in code, dont want packers etc. ) to make my program smaller ?

Choosing a "release" build instead of a "debug" build helps a lot.

There are also optimizations that can be turned on to reduce size. Additionally, many libraries such as MFC will tend to add at least some bloat to a program.