Visual studio program window delays when launched

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Pretty new to programming here so forgive me if I'm doing something stupid. When I launch my simple beginner programs on visual studio, its a blank screen for about 5 seconds when it is launched. on paper that doesn't seem like a big deal, but these are "hello world" type programs and when i tried learning a few months ago i didn't encounter this problem. I want to know how to fix this, as I am afraid that it will take longer with the large projects that i eventually hope to get into.

EDIT: Ok, I played around with the subsystem and the problem has seemed to go away. I don't exactly know what I did, but the program I was referring to doesn't have the problem anymore

c++ visual-studio

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edited Nov 21 '18 at 18:50

Jonah Flamm

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  When you start a program, you can see in the output window, that a lot of Win32 DLLs are loaded. In Debug mode, this may take a considerable time. (Though, 5 seconds sounds long.) Did you try to start your application directly from cmd or from Explorer? Does this need so long as well? How about Release build? I'm not sure what else could play a role, e.g. drive nearly ful, anti-virus software (I had some bad experiences in the past), etc. Can you post some minimal code for which you observe this phenomenom?
  
  – Scheff
  Nov 21 '18 at 6:33
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  @Scheff When i say new I mean like this is my second day. I am unaware to what Win32 DLLs or cmd is. I've used visual studio on my computer before and haven't had this problem, so I don't think that a couple of games that I downloaded would cause this. Also I don't know how to share code because i created my stackoverflow account for this problem because I'm a noob
  
  – Jonah Flamm
  Nov 21 '18 at 6:46
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  Sorry. You mentioned VisualStudio. So, I assume you develop on Windows. The Win32 API is a set of DLLs shipped with the system. It is needed to use any feature of the operating system. (Even if you use C++ standard libraries only and nothing else these are probably depending somehow on Win32 API functions (surely in the case of input/output).)
  
  – Scheff
  Nov 21 '18 at 6:55
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  With cmd, I meant cmd.exe. If you make a Console application, it is run with a Console window. In opposition to this, you can start cmd.exe (e.g. by pressing [Win][R], typing cmd, and clicking [OK] button) manually which opens a Console window with command interpreter. Then you can start your console application from command prompt (probably with ful absolute path of executable). If curious about this, please, research in Web. There should be plenty of explanations about this.
  
  – Scheff
  Nov 21 '18 at 6:59
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  You need to go shopping for a better anti-malware product. Most of the flashy stuff is not suitable for use on a programmer's machine that makes executable files appear from seemingly nowhere. The one included with your OS is plenty good enough.
  
  – Hans Passant
  Nov 21 '18 at 9:40
  

  
  
  
  

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Pretty new to programming here so forgive me if I'm doing something stupid. When I launch my simple beginner programs on visual studio, its a blank screen for about 5 seconds when it is launched. on paper that doesn't seem like a big deal, but these are "hello world" type programs and when i tried learning a few months ago i didn't encounter this problem. I want to know how to fix this, as I am afraid that it will take longer with the large projects that i eventually hope to get into.

EDIT: Ok, I played around with the subsystem and the problem has seemed to go away. I don't exactly know what I did, but the program I was referring to doesn't have the problem anymore

c++ visual-studio

share|improve this question

edited Nov 21 '18 at 18:50

Jonah Flamm

asked Nov 21 '18 at 6:24

Jonah FlammJonah Flamm

13

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  When you start a program, you can see in the output window, that a lot of Win32 DLLs are loaded. In Debug mode, this may take a considerable time. (Though, 5 seconds sounds long.) Did you try to start your application directly from cmd or from Explorer? Does this need so long as well? How about Release build? I'm not sure what else could play a role, e.g. drive nearly ful, anti-virus software (I had some bad experiences in the past), etc. Can you post some minimal code for which you observe this phenomenom?
  
  – Scheff
  Nov 21 '18 at 6:33
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Scheff When i say new I mean like this is my second day. I am unaware to what Win32 DLLs or cmd is. I've used visual studio on my computer before and haven't had this problem, so I don't think that a couple of games that I downloaded would cause this. Also I don't know how to share code because i created my stackoverflow account for this problem because I'm a noob
  
  – Jonah Flamm
  Nov 21 '18 at 6:46
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Sorry. You mentioned VisualStudio. So, I assume you develop on Windows. The Win32 API is a set of DLLs shipped with the system. It is needed to use any feature of the operating system. (Even if you use C++ standard libraries only and nothing else these are probably depending somehow on Win32 API functions (surely in the case of input/output).)
  
  – Scheff
  Nov 21 '18 at 6:55
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  With cmd, I meant cmd.exe. If you make a Console application, it is run with a Console window. In opposition to this, you can start cmd.exe (e.g. by pressing [Win][R], typing cmd, and clicking [OK] button) manually which opens a Console window with command interpreter. Then you can start your console application from command prompt (probably with ful absolute path of executable). If curious about this, please, research in Web. There should be plenty of explanations about this.
  
  – Scheff
  Nov 21 '18 at 6:59
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  You need to go shopping for a better anti-malware product. Most of the flashy stuff is not suitable for use on a programmer's machine that makes executable files appear from seemingly nowhere. The one included with your OS is plenty good enough.
  
  – Hans Passant
  Nov 21 '18 at 9:40
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
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Pretty new to programming here so forgive me if I'm doing something stupid. When I launch my simple beginner programs on visual studio, its a blank screen for about 5 seconds when it is launched. on paper that doesn't seem like a big deal, but these are "hello world" type programs and when i tried learning a few months ago i didn't encounter this problem. I want to know how to fix this, as I am afraid that it will take longer with the large projects that i eventually hope to get into.

EDIT: Ok, I played around with the subsystem and the problem has seemed to go away. I don't exactly know what I did, but the program I was referring to doesn't have the problem anymore

c++ visual-studio

share|improve this question

edited Nov 21 '18 at 18:50

Jonah Flamm

asked Nov 21 '18 at 6:24

Jonah FlammJonah Flamm

13

Pretty new to programming here so forgive me if I'm doing something stupid. When I launch my simple beginner programs on visual studio, its a blank screen for about 5 seconds when it is launched. on paper that doesn't seem like a big deal, but these are "hello world" type programs and when i tried learning a few months ago i didn't encounter this problem. I want to know how to fix this, as I am afraid that it will take longer with the large projects that i eventually hope to get into.

EDIT: Ok, I played around with the subsystem and the problem has seemed to go away. I don't exactly know what I did, but the program I was referring to doesn't have the problem anymore

c++ visual-studio

c++ visual-studio

share|improve this question

edited Nov 21 '18 at 18:50

Jonah Flamm

asked Nov 21 '18 at 6:24

Jonah FlammJonah Flamm

13

share|improve this question

edited Nov 21 '18 at 18:50

Jonah Flamm

asked Nov 21 '18 at 6:24

Jonah FlammJonah Flamm

13

share|improve this question

share|improve this question

edited Nov 21 '18 at 18:50

Jonah Flamm

edited Nov 21 '18 at 18:50

Jonah Flamm

edited Nov 21 '18 at 18:50

Jonah Flamm

asked Nov 21 '18 at 6:24

Jonah FlammJonah Flamm

13

asked Nov 21 '18 at 6:24

Jonah FlammJonah Flamm

13

asked Nov 21 '18 at 6:24

Jonah FlammJonah Flamm

13

13

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  When you start a program, you can see in the output window, that a lot of Win32 DLLs are loaded. In Debug mode, this may take a considerable time. (Though, 5 seconds sounds long.) Did you try to start your application directly from cmd or from Explorer? Does this need so long as well? How about Release build? I'm not sure what else could play a role, e.g. drive nearly ful, anti-virus software (I had some bad experiences in the past), etc. Can you post some minimal code for which you observe this phenomenom?
  
  – Scheff
  Nov 21 '18 at 6:33
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Scheff When i say new I mean like this is my second day. I am unaware to what Win32 DLLs or cmd is. I've used visual studio on my computer before and haven't had this problem, so I don't think that a couple of games that I downloaded would cause this. Also I don't know how to share code because i created my stackoverflow account for this problem because I'm a noob
  
  – Jonah Flamm
  Nov 21 '18 at 6:46
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Sorry. You mentioned VisualStudio. So, I assume you develop on Windows. The Win32 API is a set of DLLs shipped with the system. It is needed to use any feature of the operating system. (Even if you use C++ standard libraries only and nothing else these are probably depending somehow on Win32 API functions (surely in the case of input/output).)
  
  – Scheff
  Nov 21 '18 at 6:55
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  With cmd, I meant cmd.exe. If you make a Console application, it is run with a Console window. In opposition to this, you can start cmd.exe (e.g. by pressing [Win][R], typing cmd, and clicking [OK] button) manually which opens a Console window with command interpreter. Then you can start your console application from command prompt (probably with ful absolute path of executable). If curious about this, please, research in Web. There should be plenty of explanations about this.
  
  – Scheff
  Nov 21 '18 at 6:59
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  You need to go shopping for a better anti-malware product. Most of the flashy stuff is not suitable for use on a programmer's machine that makes executable files appear from seemingly nowhere. The one included with your OS is plenty good enough.
  
  – Hans Passant
  Nov 21 '18 at 9:40
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 5 more comments

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  When you start a program, you can see in the output window, that a lot of Win32 DLLs are loaded. In Debug mode, this may take a considerable time. (Though, 5 seconds sounds long.) Did you try to start your application directly from cmd or from Explorer? Does this need so long as well? How about Release build? I'm not sure what else could play a role, e.g. drive nearly ful, anti-virus software (I had some bad experiences in the past), etc. Can you post some minimal code for which you observe this phenomenom?
  
  – Scheff
  Nov 21 '18 at 6:33
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Scheff When i say new I mean like this is my second day. I am unaware to what Win32 DLLs or cmd is. I've used visual studio on my computer before and haven't had this problem, so I don't think that a couple of games that I downloaded would cause this. Also I don't know how to share code because i created my stackoverflow account for this problem because I'm a noob
  
  – Jonah Flamm
  Nov 21 '18 at 6:46
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Sorry. You mentioned VisualStudio. So, I assume you develop on Windows. The Win32 API is a set of DLLs shipped with the system. It is needed to use any feature of the operating system. (Even if you use C++ standard libraries only and nothing else these are probably depending somehow on Win32 API functions (surely in the case of input/output).)
  
  – Scheff
  Nov 21 '18 at 6:55
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  With cmd, I meant cmd.exe. If you make a Console application, it is run with a Console window. In opposition to this, you can start cmd.exe (e.g. by pressing [Win][R], typing cmd, and clicking [OK] button) manually which opens a Console window with command interpreter. Then you can start your console application from command prompt (probably with ful absolute path of executable). If curious about this, please, research in Web. There should be plenty of explanations about this.
  
  – Scheff
  Nov 21 '18 at 6:59
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  You need to go shopping for a better anti-malware product. Most of the flashy stuff is not suitable for use on a programmer's machine that makes executable files appear from seemingly nowhere. The one included with your OS is plenty good enough.
  
  – Hans Passant
  Nov 21 '18 at 9:40
  

  
  
  
  

When you start a program, you can see in the output window, that a lot of Win32 DLLs are loaded. In Debug mode, this may take a considerable time. (Though, 5 seconds sounds long.) Did you try to start your application directly from cmd or from Explorer? Does this need so long as well? How about Release build? I'm not sure what else could play a role, e.g. drive nearly ful, anti-virus software (I had some bad experiences in the past), etc. Can you post some minimal code for which you observe this phenomenom?

– Scheff
Nov 21 '18 at 6:33

When you start a program, you can see in the output window, that a lot of Win32 DLLs are loaded. In Debug mode, this may take a considerable time. (Though, 5 seconds sounds long.) Did you try to start your application directly from cmd or from Explorer? Does this need so long as well? How about Release build? I'm not sure what else could play a role, e.g. drive nearly ful, anti-virus software (I had some bad experiences in the past), etc. Can you post some minimal code for which you observe this phenomenom?

– Scheff
Nov 21 '18 at 6:33

@Scheff When i say new I mean like this is my second day. I am unaware to what Win32 DLLs or cmd is. I've used visual studio on my computer before and haven't had this problem, so I don't think that a couple of games that I downloaded would cause this. Also I don't know how to share code because i created my stackoverflow account for this problem because I'm a noob

– Jonah Flamm
Nov 21 '18 at 6:46

@Scheff When i say new I mean like this is my second day. I am unaware to what Win32 DLLs or cmd is. I've used visual studio on my computer before and haven't had this problem, so I don't think that a couple of games that I downloaded would cause this. Also I don't know how to share code because i created my stackoverflow account for this problem because I'm a noob

– Jonah Flamm
Nov 21 '18 at 6:46

Sorry. You mentioned VisualStudio. So, I assume you develop on Windows. The Win32 API is a set of DLLs shipped with the system. It is needed to use any feature of the operating system. (Even if you use C++ standard libraries only and nothing else these are probably depending somehow on Win32 API functions (surely in the case of input/output).)

– Scheff
Nov 21 '18 at 6:55

Sorry. You mentioned VisualStudio. So, I assume you develop on Windows. The Win32 API is a set of DLLs shipped with the system. It is needed to use any feature of the operating system. (Even if you use C++ standard libraries only and nothing else these are probably depending somehow on Win32 API functions (surely in the case of input/output).)

– Scheff
Nov 21 '18 at 6:55

With cmd, I meant cmd.exe. If you make a Console application, it is run with a Console window. In opposition to this, you can start cmd.exe (e.g. by pressing [Win][R], typing cmd, and clicking [OK] button) manually which opens a Console window with command interpreter. Then you can start your console application from command prompt (probably with ful absolute path of executable). If curious about this, please, research in Web. There should be plenty of explanations about this.

– Scheff
Nov 21 '18 at 6:59

With cmd, I meant cmd.exe. If you make a Console application, it is run with a Console window. In opposition to this, you can start cmd.exe (e.g. by pressing [Win][R], typing cmd, and clicking [OK] button) manually which opens a Console window with command interpreter. Then you can start your console application from command prompt (probably with ful absolute path of executable). If curious about this, please, research in Web. There should be plenty of explanations about this.

– Scheff
Nov 21 '18 at 6:59

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You need to go shopping for a better anti-malware product. Most of the flashy stuff is not suitable for use on a programmer's machine that makes executable files appear from seemingly nowhere. The one included with your OS is plenty good enough.

– Hans Passant
Nov 21 '18 at 9:40

You need to go shopping for a better anti-malware product. Most of the flashy stuff is not suitable for use on a programmer's machine that makes executable files appear from seemingly nowhere. The one included with your OS is plenty good enough.

– Hans Passant
Nov 21 '18 at 9:40

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