Visual studio code exe not working

Question

Hello dear people of the internet.I have come here seek some help.Basically when i try to build and run my C code in VS it works but the exe won't open for some reason.And if I try to open the exe through the folder on the desktop it opens for a milisecond and closes.Is there a solution to this issue?

Answer 1

Hi @Not R1oT ,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

I agree with @David Lowndes , and I believe you are developing a console application. The console application is different from other kind of projects, it cannot be started directly by double-clicking it(otherwise it will open and run and then close automatically and immediately). If you want to run it and keep it displaying, you can open a Command Prompt like CMD and call to run it. See following screenshot:

Or just running it in the Visual Studio.

Best Regards,
Tianyu

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