Visual C++ -- can't compiler

[zoner7]

I've always used the Dev C++ compiler; however, I keep hearing how the software has little support. Additionally, I have heard people praise the debugger of Visual C++. So, end result, I'm deciding to switch from one to the other. My only problem now is that I can't make the simplest of programs compile. The following code even refuses to compile.

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
	int x = 5;
   cout << x;
	return 0;
}

I receieve a fun error everytime I try to compiler a program.

1>------ Build started: Project: Learning, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1>Embedding manifest...
1>.\Debug\Learning.exe.intermediate.manifest : general error c1010070: Failed to load and parse the manifest. The system cannot find the file specified.
1>Build log was saved at "file://c:\Users\Nick\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\Learning\Learning\Debug\BuildLog.htm"
1>Learning - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

If anyone has some insight into my problem, I would love to hear it. Thank you for the help.

[Nick Evan]

What visual studio version is this?
Did you create a Console-application?

[zoner7]

I'm using Visual Studio 2008 express edition.
Yea, I chose a console-application.

[Nick Evan]

You probably checked the 'empty project' checkbox when creating the project? That could cause this problem.

[joshmo]

You probably checked the 'empty project' checkbox when creating the project? That could cause this problem.

You can still check the empty project option but under the project you add a new source file to the project

[zoner7]

hmm.. looks like that precompiled header is required after all. Thank you for the quick solution.