>> ....still not found a way to compile things yet...
> 
> It's the little icon on the toolbar that looks like a birthday cake, at 
> least on the 2005 version. (I don't know why it looks like a birthday cake.
> 
> Isn't there a "build" menu when you open the "solution"?

Yeah, there was a build button, but disabled.

> You know, "create new project", then pick the type (like console), then 
> type in the "hello world" program where it belongs, then "build" and 
> then "run"?

Yeah, that's just it - I hadn't figured out that you must create a 
"project" before you can compile anything. ;-) It lets you edit source 
code just fine without one, but won't actually compile anything.

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