I apologize for asking a question of this caliber. I am at my wits end and have spent to much time trying to figure out how to get the side bar I closed back. I closed the "management" (the box with all the headers and .cpp's) and "messages" (where the compiler errors are displayed) box after I created a project. Now I can't get them back. When I close and reopen the management box is back, but the compiler box is not. I looked through the tabs for a while and will continue to investigate, but I think this is a really simple problem I have made extremely hard.
-With thanks and regret.