Microsoft visual studio unable to start program the system cannot find the file specified
I am having a similar issue as this post. However, on build I have 0 errors, 0 warning, and 0 messages. Show I took a look at Project -> Properties but I do not seem to have a linker option (which appears to be a typical fix that others have used to solve this issue). I have also tried Rebuilding Solution and then running but that does not seem to work either... Based on the aforementioned similar issue I understand the premise that "when an exe cannot be created (or in my case - found)... then naturally it cannot be run as it does not exist". However, I do not understand where the disconnect is occurring that is preventing this file from either being found or created... Any help sorting this out would be greatly appreciated. Cheers. If you don't want to see the message in the popup If the compile fails, no object file (*.obj) will be When an exe cannot be created because of compile and/or The Link error in the image you
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I installed Visual Studio 2010. I wrote a simple code which I'm sure is correct but unfortunately, when I run the code, I get the error below. Here is my code:
And here is the error:
Would you help me solve the issue? Should I define the project in a specific directory? I've spent a ton of hours to solve this issue and have not had any success yet.
pmr 57.7k10 gold badges110 silver badges155 bronze badges asked May 12, 2013 at 20:51
21 This is a first step for somebody that is a beginner. Same thing happened to me: Look in the Solution Explorer box to the left. Make sure that there is actually a When adding a cpp file you want to use the Add new item icon. (top
left with a gold star on it, hover over it to see the name) For some reason Ctrl+N does not actually add a
answered Nov 9, 2013 at 17:44
cdelsolacdelsola 3972 gold badges7 silver badges17 bronze badges 1 Encountered the same issue, after downloading a project, in debug mode. Searched for hours without any luck. Following resolved my problem; Project Properties -> Linker -> Output file -> $(OutDir)$(TargetName)$(TargetExt) It was previously pointing to a folder that MSVS wasn't running from whilst debugging mode. EDIT: soon as I posted this I came across: unable to start "program.exe" the system cannot find the file specified vs2008 which explains the same thing.
answered Mar 20, 2016 at 5:51
ReturnVoidReturnVoid 1,0711 gold badge10 silver badges17 bronze badges 0 I know this is an old thread, but for any future visitors, the cause of this error is most likely because you haven't built your project from answered Oct 31, 2015 at 16:14
Ethan BierleinEthan Bierlein 3,2434 gold badges27 silver badges41 bronze badges 1 As others have mentioned, this is an old thread and even with this thread there tends to be different solutions that worked for different people. The solution that worked for is as follows:
For whatever reason this initial correction didn't fix my problem (I'm using VS2015 Community to build c++ program). If you still get the error message try the following additional steps:
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It doesn't make since to me to require these additional steps in addition to what @ReturnVoid posted but...what works is what works...hope it helps someone else out too. Thanks @ReturnVoid answered Apr 9, 2016 at 22:24
ChrisChris 9241 gold badge16 silver badges37 bronze badges 1 I came across this problem and none of these solution worked 100% In addition to ReturnVoid's answer which suggested the change
I needed to changed
This field was blank for me, changing the contents to answered Jan 9, 2019 at 15:58
rtpaxrtpax 1,64716 silver badges31 bronze badges For me, I didn't have my startup project set in Solution Explorer. Go to Solution Explorer on the left of VS, right click your unit test project, and choose "set as startup project". I had just ported my code to a new workspace, and forgot that when I opened the project in VS in the solution there, that I needed to re-set my startup project. answered Apr 11, 2017 at 15:35
MicheleMichele 3,39611 gold badges43 silver badges77 bronze badges I know this thread is 1 year old but I hope this helps someone, my problem was that I needed to add:
to my project (on the first line), this seems to be the case most of the time!
answered May 28, 2014 at 0:25
Windows65Windows65 571 silver badge7 bronze badges 2 I got this problem during debug mode and the missing file was from a static library I was using. The problem was solved by using step over instead of step into during debugging answered Apr 26, 2019 at 0:25
mistymisty 111 silver badge4 bronze badges if vs2010 installed correctly check file type (.cpp) just build it again It will automatically fix,, ( if you are using VS 2010 ) answered Aug 12, 2014 at 12:35
ANJiANJi 278 bronze badges I had a same problem and i could fixed it! you should add C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\Lib\x64 for 64 bit system / C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\Lib for 32 bit system in property manager-> Linker-> General->Additional library Directories maybe it can solve the problem of somebody in the future! answered Sep 6, 2014 at 15:26
How to fix the system cannot find the file specified in Visual Studio?To fix Unable to start program, The system cannot find the file specified error in Visual Studio, follow these steps:. Restart Visual Studio.. Verify the project file.. Run as administrator.. Add exclusion in antivirus.. Reset Visual Studio.. How to use Visual Studio for CPP?To create a C++ project in Visual Studio. From the main menu, choose File > New > Project to open the Create a New Project dialog box.. At the top of the dialog, set Language to C++, set Platform to Windows, and set Project type to Console.. From the filtered list of project types, choose Console App then choose Next.. How to compile on Visual Studio?Build and run your code in Visual Studio. To build your project, choose Build Solution from the Build menu. The Output window shows the results of the build process.. To run the code, on the menu bar, choose Debug, Start without debugging. A console window opens and then runs your app.. |