How can I build my code? The button start without debugging is disabled

Question

I looked about 10 youtube installation of VS 2022 films.

In all the films the installation was succesfully ended with the openeing of the console window with " Hello World" .

Apparently I do something different but I don´t understand what.

Button start without debugging is not activated.

I don´t see the file name in the toolbar.

I can´t build the code.

Answer 1

You need to create a project first. A file (no matter if it's even a complete C# app structure) is not a project in VS point of view, you need a project file.

Seeing the Attach button, usually means that you have opened Visual Studio without creating a project, and you have only opened a file.

Just follow these few quick steps:

1. Open Visual Studio
2. Choose "Create a new project"
3. Search for "Console App", and click Next
4. Specify the name of Project and click Next
5. Choose framework version, and click Create
6. After the project created, you can press F5

There you go!

Tutorial - Create a .NET console application using Visual Studio

You can learn more about console applications in the following articles:

• Tutorial: Create a .NET console application using Visual Studio
• Tutorial: Create a simple C# console app in Visual Studio (part 1 of 2)

Then if you have any question about a basic template for C# console application, you can take a look at:

• Basic C# Console Application template

Answer 2

Did you select the right Project Template, like :