title: Change target CPU settings in Visual Studio 2010 Express
body: <p>I wish to change the target CPU settings from "Any CPU" to "x86" in Visual Studio 2010.</p>
  
  <p>I read on another website that I need to do the following: </p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Go to the startup project of your program.</li>
  <li>Open the properties window.</li>
  <li>Click the compile tab.</li>
  <li>Click advanced compile options.</li>
  <li>Change the target CPU options to x86.</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>But I don't see the "compile" tab anywhere in the properties.</p>
  
  <p>Please help me at the earliest.</p>
  
  <p><em>Update: I do see a platform dropdown, but that contains nothing apart from "Any CPU"</em>,</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/hoD5T.png" alt="Platform contains nothing apart from &quot;Any CPU&quot;">.</p>