Compile single cpp file in visual studio

To test it from the File Explorer, right-click the name of your app in the Solution Explorer window, select Open Folder in File Explorer , and then double-click the Debug folder—you'll find your app here. Method 2 of Click the blue-and-white button with a Windows logo below your operating system.

If the file doesn't download immediately, click Save to download it now. Run the downloaded installer file. To do this, double-click the downloaded file, click Install , and then click Continue. The default installation directory is C:MinGW—leave it this way to make things easy, as you'll need to enter this later. The app will now install. When the installation is finished, click Continue to launch it. If you install MinGW to a different folder, make note of which folder it is so you can properly set your environment variables.

The remaining installation steps will download the actual GCC compiler and associated files: Select Basic Setup in the left column. Select all of the options in the right column and mark them all for installation as prompted.

Click the Installation menu and select Apply Changes. Click Apply to start the download. When the download is complete, click Close. Right-click the Start menu and select System.

This opens the Settings window to the "About" screen. Scroll down and click System Info in the right panel. It's toward the bottom of the panel under "Related Settings. Click Advanced system settings in the left panel.

This opens the System Properties dialog. Viewed 48k times. Improve this question. Fiodor Fiodor 2 2 gold badges 7 7 silver badges 16 16 bronze badges. You must use Visual Studio command line: cl — yizzlez. Or you could create a project around your file to work in the IDE.

Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. TooTone 6, 3 3 gold badges 32 32 silver badges 58 58 bronze badges. Spook Spook Thank you :. It works now except it can't include csdtio, but I use iostream and it works with that. Fiodor You seem to use some old version of Visual Studio - for sure supports cstdio.

You can use stdio. What if you don't want a whole project? What if you just want to run some test code to see how the language works? Does Visual Studio not let you do that? If you like this extension, you can donate via PayPal. It will help me to spend more time improving this! It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup in Now let's get started! Head to www. Ensure you have a stable internet connection during this process.

Here's a basic hello world program below: Save this file as test. If you're running code that requires user input like: you won't be able to type into the terminal, Cannot edit in read-only terminal.

OR In your setting. Configurations Key Description c-cpp-compile-run.