@snowfire777
It's free.

@snowfire777
Visual C++ 2010 Express Edition is free.
Or one that is not very strict in compiling the code? Then use dev-c++ or codeblocks with gcc or mingw compiler

http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/
is the most dependable link

if that still has the compile bug, then we cannot do anything to counter that. You should choose another ide.

Is that compile bug the manifest file error? then there is a solution to that in some forums.

EDIT: fixed link

@snowfire777
It's not a compile bug, you just haven't configurated the project properly.

@snowfire777
well probably anyway, if it doesn't compile, post the errors so we can have a look at them.