1 - Thanks for your rapid responses Blue, your exactly right with my stages, well actually I'm hitting build & run, but I'd eat my hat if Build & Run isn't just combining both of these procedures. I just ran 3 different times, oddly the second time worked, but my process was the same & has been the same for 50 or so files. Please don't think this is someone who can't be bothered.
2 - Yes it's an unusual way of working, I'm learning C++ following tutorials from a Youtube channel. It's great to have all of my notes and progs in a single place for reference when I get coding. This process has been working fantastically up until tutorial 43 or so, & my process has been the same each time.
-------------- Build: Debug in TheNewBostonsC++ (compiler: GNU GCC Compiler)---------------
Target is up to date.
Nothing to be done (all items are up-to-date).
-------------- Run: Debug in TheNewBostonsC++ (compiler: GNU GCC Compiler)---------------
Checking for existence: D:\Learning\Programming\C++\TheNewBostonsC++\bin\Debug\TheNewBostonsC++.exe
Set variable: PATH=.;C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks\MinGW\bin;C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks\MinGW;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client;C:\Windows\System32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Sage SBD;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Sage SData;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\DTS\Binn;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\DTS\Binn;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\bah;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\bah;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH;C:\Python37;C:\Python37\Scripts;C:\Program Files (x86)\Print Conductor;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA NvDLISR;C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7;C:\Users\bah_c\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\bah_c\AppData\Roaming\Dashlane\6.1926.1.21432\bin\Firefox_Extension\{442718d9-475e-452a-b3e1-fb1ee16b8e9f}\components;C:\Users\bah_c\AppData\Roaming\Dashlane\6.1926.1.21432\ucrt;C:\Users\bah_c\AppData\Roaming\Dashlane\6.1926.1.21432\bin\Qt;C:\Users\bah_c\AppData\Roaming\Dashlane\6.1926.1.21432\bin\Ssl;C:\msys64\usr\bin;C:\msys64\mingw64\bin
Executing: "C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks/cb_console_runner.exe" "D:\Learning\Programming\C++\TheNewBostonsC++\bin\Debug\TheNewBostonsC++.exe" (in D:\Learning\Programming\C++\TheNewBostonsC++\.)
Process terminated with status -1073741510 (0 minute(s), 2 second(s))
-------------- Build: Debug in TheNewBostonsC++ (compiler: GNU GCC Compiler)---------------
Target is up to date.
Nothing to be done (all items are up-to-date).
-------------- Run: Debug in TheNewBostonsC++ (compiler: GNU GCC Compiler)---------------
Checking for existence: D:\Learning\Programming\C++\TheNewBostonsC++\bin\Debug\TheNewBostonsC++.exe
Set variable: PATH=.;C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks\MinGW\bin;C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks\MinGW;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client;C:\Windows\System32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Sage SBD;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Sage SData;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\DTS\Binn;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\DTS\Binn;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\bah;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\bah;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH;C:\Python37;C:\Python37\Scripts;C:\Program Files (x86)\Print Conductor;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA NvDLISR;C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7;C:\Users\bah_c\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\bah_c\AppData\Roaming\Dashlane\6.1926.1.21432\bin\Firefox_Extension\{442718d9-475e-452a-b3e1-fb1ee16b8e9f}\components;C:\Users\bah_c\AppData\Roaming\Dashlane\6.1926.1.21432\ucrt;C:\Users\bah_c\AppData\Roaming\Dashlane\6.1926.1.21432\bin\Qt;C:\Users\bah_c\AppData\Roaming\Dashlane\6.1926.1.21432\bin\Ssl;C:\msys64\usr\bin;C:\msys64\mingw64\bin
Executing: "C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks/cb_console_runner.exe" "D:\Learning\Programming\C++\TheNewBostonsC++\bin\Debug\TheNewBostonsC++.exe" (in D:\Learning\Programming\C++\TheNewBostonsC++\.)
Process terminated with status 0 (0 minute(s), 2 second(s))
Thanks Blue. Yes I'm not too familiar with IDE's & thanks for your advice. I played a little with Dreamweaver in the past but I'm not really too worried about the IDE atm. I've come to Codeblocks because Visual Studio is way too complicated for me at this stage. Nonetheless there is a problem here regardless of methodology.
Further to your request I changed file prefs to not compile & link & chose a new file. Set that to compile & link & the file was not changed in the output. It was still running the old file. This is the build log below.
-------------- Build: Debug in TheNewBostonsC++ (compiler: GNU GCC Compiler)---------------
Target is up to date.
Nothing to be done (all items are up-to-date).
-------------- Run: Debug in TheNewBostonsC++ (compiler: GNU GCC Compiler)---------------
Checking for existence: D:\Learning\Programming\C++\TheNewBostonsC++\bin\Debug\TheNewBostonsC++.exe
Set variable: PATH=.;C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks\MinGW\bin;C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks\MinGW;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client;C:\Windows\System32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Sage SBD;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Sage SData;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\DTS\Binn;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\DTS\Binn;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\bah;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\bah;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH;C:\Python37;C:\Python37\Scripts;C:\Program Files (x86)\Print Conductor;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA NvDLISR;C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7;C:\Users\bah_c\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\bah_c\AppData\Roaming\Dashlane\6.1926.1.21432\bin\Firefox_Extension\{442718d9-475e-452a-b3e1-fb1ee16b8e9f}\components;C:\Users\bah_c\AppData\Roaming\Dashlane\6.1926.1.21432\ucrt;C:\Users\bah_c\AppData\Roaming\Dashlane\6.1926.1.21432\bin\Qt;C:\Users\bah_c\AppData\Roaming\Dashlane\6.1926.1.21432\bin\Ssl;C:\msys64\usr\bin;C:\msys64\mingw64\bin
Executing: "C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks/cb_console_runner.exe" "D:\Learning\Programming\C++\TheNewBostonsC++\bin\Debug\TheNewBostonsC++.exe" (in D:\Learning\Programming\C++\TheNewBostonsC++\.)
Process terminated with status 0 (0 minute(s), 3 second(s))
I then hit rebuild, build & run & she outputs fine.
-------------- Build: Debug in TheNewBostonsC++ (compiler: GNU GCC Compiler)---------------
Target is up to date.
Nothing to be done (all items are up-to-date).
-------------- Run: Debug in TheNewBostonsC++ (compiler: GNU GCC Compiler)---------------
Checking for existence: D:\Learning\Programming\C++\TheNewBostonsC++\bin\Debug\TheNewBostonsC++.exe
Set variable: PATH=.;C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks\MinGW\bin;C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks\MinGW;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client;C:\Windows\System32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Sage SBD;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Sage SData;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\DTS\Binn;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\DTS\Binn;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\bah;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\bah;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH;C:\Python37;C:\Python37\Scripts;C:\Program Files (x86)\Print Conductor;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA NvDLISR;C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7;C:\Users\bah_c\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\bah_c\AppData\Roaming\Dashlane\6.1926.1.21432\bin\Firefox_Extension\{442718d9-475e-452a-b3e1-fb1ee16b8e9f}\components;C:\Users\bah_c\AppData\Roaming\Dashlane\6.1926.1.21432\ucrt;C:\Users\bah_c\AppData\Roaming\Dashlane\6.1926.1.21432\bin\Qt;C:\Users\bah_c\AppData\Roaming\Dashlane\6.1926.1.21432\bin\Ssl;C:\msys64\usr\bin;C:\msys64\mingw64\bin
Executing: "C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks/cb_console_runner.exe" "D:\Learning\Programming\C++\TheNewBostonsC++\bin\Debug\TheNewBostonsC++.exe" (in D:\Learning\Programming\C++\TheNewBostonsC++\.)
Process terminated with status -1073741510 (0 minute(s), 2 second(s))