Start Visual Studio 2008 Choose: New > Project Choose: Visual C++ > Win 32 under Visual Studion Installed Templates choose: Win32 Console Application Enter solution name, ... Choose: Application Settings choose: Empty Project choose: Finish Right Click: Source Files choose: Add choose: New Item choose: C++ file then add a name and click Finish Cut and Past the code Add cout << "Enter any character to finish"; char ch; cin >> ch; before the return 0; Choose: Build choose: Build Solution Choose Run (Green Arrow)