Question

I’m able to debug a C program in Visual Studio 2008 and build it. However, the build process doesn’t seem to leave an .exe in the folder it builds in. Regardless of if I choose Release or Debug. Could the .exe be sent somewhere else? How can I tell?

Contents of the Debug folder under the main folder of the project:

cl.command.1.tlog
CL.read.1.tlog
CL.write.1.tlog
ConsoleApp.Build.CppClean.log
ConsoleApp.exe.embed.manifest
ConsoleApp.exe.embed.manifest.res
ConsoleApp.exe.intermediate.manifest
ConsoleApp.lastbuildstate
ConsoleApp.log
ConsoleApp.obj
ConsoleApp_manifest.rc
link-cvtres.read.1.tlog
link-cvtres.write.1.tlog
link.1504-cvtres.read.1.tlog
link.1504-cvtres.write.1.tlog
link.1504.read.1.tlog
link.1504.write.1.tlog
link.command.1.tlog
link.read.1.tlog
link.write.1.tlog
mt.command.1.tlog
mt.read.1.tlog
mt.write.1.tlog
rc.command.1.tlog
rc.read.1.tlog
rc.write.1.tlog
stdafx.obj
vc100.idb
vc100.pdb


Answer 1

Right click the project node and open the property page:-

In General node in Configuration Properties.
There you’ll see two fields:-

1. Output Directory
2. Target Extension.
   if the target extension is .exe then the things are fine.
   Look in the Output DIrectory, you’ll find the executable.

EDIT:- You are looking at wrong place.
You have to see here (an example):-

C:\Documents and Settings\USER\My Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\C\The_c\Debug

And you are seeing here

C:\Documents and Settings\USER\My Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\C\The_c\The_c\Debug

That is two directory above the present directory.