visual studio 2015 hangs on default console application file during debug

Question

The default file when I select console application is

#include "stdafx.h"
int main()
{
  return 0;
}

When I click "local windows debugger", the program freezes and nothing happens. Is it possible my debug compiler is not linked to the correct executables?

Do you use Avast antivirus? If so, try disabling it and then test your program. There have been several similar questions on SO recently and Avast was the problem. — Blastfurnace, Nov 21 '15 at 23:19
I don't use Avast so I can't answer that. There should also be a way to add an exclusion for your project folder somewhere in the Avast settings. That would be preferable to completely disabling your antivirus. — Blastfurnace, Nov 21 '15 at 23:23
@Blastfurnace I discovered that Avast was the problem. Simply disabling Avast fixed it for me. — linuxfreebird, Nov 22 '15 at 13:00

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 21 '15 at 22:49

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The way it's currently written this will result in a syntax error compilation fault because you forgot a ; after return 0. It's most likely just instantly closing the program though, try to run this code and check if it prints out :

Hello, World!

#include "stdafx.h"

#include <iostream>
int main()
{
  std::cout << "Hello, World!" << std::endl;
  std::cin.get();
  return 0;
}

If this still "freezes" your debugger then I suggest reinstalling your Visual Studio.

answered Nov 21 '15 at 22:49

Hatted Rooster

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I apolgies. I typed the program by hand and I forgot the semi-colon. The program in visual studio does have a semi-colon. How do I reinstall visual studio? I cannot find an option to perform a complete uninstall. – linuxfreebird Nov 21 '15 at 22:51
@linuxfreebird Does this mean that even after running my example code you're still getting a freeze? – Hatted Rooster Nov 21 '15 at 22:52
I get the same error. Output says fatal error cannot open .exe for writing. – linuxfreebird Nov 21 '15 at 22:59
Pop up says : project out of date – linuxfreebird Nov 21 '15 at 22:59
@linuxfreebird that means that the compiler can't write the final .exe file to disk(or the linker rather). Have you checked if it has the permission to do so? – Hatted Rooster Nov 21 '15 at 23:00
No. How do I check permissions? – linuxfreebird Nov 21 '15 at 23:02
Running Visual Studio in administrative mode did not fix the problem. – linuxfreebird Nov 21 '15 at 23:08
@linuxfreebird check out http://stackoverflow.com/q/12124146/1870760 – Hatted Rooster Nov 21 '15 at 23:09
The problem was Avast. Simply disabling it fixed it for me. – linuxfreebird Nov 22 '15 at 13:00

visual studio 2015 hangs on default console application file during debug

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