MS Visual C++ 2008 Express cannot find path

Question

I'm trying to do something basic

#include <iostream>  
using namespace std;  
int main()  
{  
    cout << "Hello, World!";  
    return 0;  
}

After using F7 I get

1>mt.exe : general error c10100b1: Failed to load file "..\Debug\helloworld.exe". The system cannot find the path specified.

So it cant find the file that it'll eventually create?

What gives?

Answer 1

#include <.iostream.>

Did your build really succeed? The above line looks suspicious - I'd have expected to see (note the missing periods):

#include <iostream>

Answer 2

mt.exe is the manifest tool. The manifest tool shouldnt run if there is a build error. I dont think you will see mt.exe run if there is a build error. Go to your solution file, under the manifest tab, check if the path's in the settings are not hard coded to some wrong path.