   how do I make VC++2005 Win32 app?
  I just installed VC++2005, making a switch from VC++6, and I am a little bewildered.  I went to the "New Project" option, and I can't figure out how to create a simple Win32 application just like a used to; all I can figure out how to do is to make a Win32 Console Application, which is obviously not what I want to do.I have looked around online at Microsoft's help files, and they have not been very helpful.  Can anyone help me out?  All I want to do is to create a Win32 applicaiton, link to my directx9 lib files, copy my old c++ code from my VC++6 projects, and compile.  Is this possible, and how do I do it?   
  If you select Win32 you should get a choice of Win32 Console or (to the right of it) Win32 Project which is the one you want.   ;  That option doesn't appear; it is as if this option is not defined.  What do I have to do?   ;  Well, I guess the option is there, but it reads "Win32 Forms Application" or something like that.  So I selected that option and tried it out.Then I was introduced to my new project.  It was completely confusing.  I was hoping that VC++2005 would be nice to me and just create an empty project, allowing me to write the actual code.  Instead, it provides me with a bunch of prewritten code, resources, and options which I, quite honestly, can barely understand.  How do I simply cut and paste my old code into this thing and run it?  Will it even work?  And are all these new options and resources going to make development completely different from how it was in VC++6?;  Make sure you have the platform SDK and then create an empty project.Make sure you set up you include/linker directories. Then link to the appropriate libraries.   ;  If it's not too much trouble, how do you set up those directories?  Do you just do #includes?  And, by the Platform SDK, do you mean the lib and include files that come with the VC++2005 download, or is this something I have to get elsewhere?Sorry to be so clueless here, but I've never felt up to scratch when it comes to dealing with compilers.   ;  You need to follow the instructions here: Using Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition with the Microsoft Platform SDK.   ;  When you open VC++ there should be a getting started window to the left, there you can find a link "Download the PSDK". Go there (Or click  here  if you can't find it.  There will be a link on that page to the PSDK download and there are instructions for setting up VC++ for Win32 Apps after the install.Note that when I installed the PSDK I just copy and pasted the paths for the libraries, includes and executables, which on the page is:C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\(Whatever)However after my install i found that they were installed to the path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\(Whatever)So just make sure to check that or you'll get linker errors.   ;  Platform SDK: LinkDirectories: Tools > Options > Project and Solutions > VC++ DirectoriesLinking: Project > FOOBAR Properties... > Linker > Input > Dependencies   ;  Well, thanks for the help!  I followed all the instructions, and on Monday I will try and make a project and see if it works.I am still not sure exactly what I need to do, though.  Since I want to create an app _completely_ based on code I've already written, should I just create an "empty project?"  If I were to do this and then add a .cpp file with all my code in it, would VC++2005 automatically realize that I intended it to be a Win32 Application?  Or will I have to go with VC++2005's Win32 Application Project setup and then have to deal with all the extra options and directories that I don't want or need?   