To Create A Project In Visual Studio 2008: Whenever you want to create a window application program i.e: a GUI based program using Win32 SDK, you will need to create a project in Visual Studio (if you are using it). In our case, we will be creating a project in Visual Studio 2008. Following the steps enlisted below should allow to successfully create a project in Visual Studio 2008 : 01) Start Visual Studio 2008. 02) Click On - 'File' menu > 'New' > 'Project...'. The 'New Project' Dialog Box appears on the screen. 03) Under 'Project Types:' panel, click 'Visual C++' option and select 'Win32 Project' (usually second last in the second column) under 'Visual Studio Installed Templates' under the 'Templates:' pane and . OR click on the arrow-head beside the 'Visual C++' option and select 'Win32' from the options that follow. Then select 'Win32 Project under the same location as given before. (FOLLOW EITHER ONE OF THE TWO STEPS GIVEN IN POINT 3) 04) In the 'Location :' text box, specify the path where you would like to keep your project. 05) In the 'Name :' text box, give the desired name to your project. The same name will appear in the lower-most 'Solution Name :' text box simultaneously as you type in your project's name in the 'Name:' text box. NOTE : Conventionally, the name of your project must be the same as the name of your single executable file for that particular project.For example, if you have created a project by the name of 'HelloWorld', then the single source code file (which has WinMain()) must also be named as HelloWorld.c or HelloWorld.cppso that after building the project you get a single executable by the name of HelloWorld.exe. 06) Click On 'OK' button in the 'New Project' dialog box. 07) The 'Win32 Application Wizard' appears. Note that, the project name given by you has also appeard in the title bar of the Wizard. 08) In the left pane click on 'Application Settings'. In the right pane, under 'Application types:', the radio button of 'Windows Application' will be selected by default. Let it be so (considering that you are creating a window application program only). 09) In the same right pane, under 'Additional options:', check the 'Empty Project' check box. Click On 'Finish' button. 10) To confirm the successful creation of your project, see the title bar of Visual Studio after completing step 9. It now bares the name of your project that you gave in step 6 followed by 'Microsoft Visual Studio', For example, if you have created a project by the name of 'HelloWorld', the the title bar of Visual Studio will look like this (after completing step 9 ofcourse) : HelloWorld - Microsoft Visual Studio To Create Multiple Files In A Single Project: A project may not necessarily be a single file project. A project is actually a collection of many code files that work as a single application program, through a single executable file which is generated from whickever source code file that contains WinMain() and only one file in a project can contain WinMain(). Following these steps will enable you to create a multifile project on Visual Studio 2008: 01) Follow all the 10 steps given above. 02) If you have already created a project, then open it. Start Visual Studio 2008. Click On - 'File' menu > 'Open' > 'Project/Solution...'. Now in the 'Open Project' Dialog box, select the .sln file of your project name which is found inside your project folder. Click on 'Open' button. See step 10 above and see that the project name appears in the Visual Studio title bar. 03) Follow either of step 1 or 2. Then click on - 'Project' menu > 'Add New Item...'. 04) The 'Add New Item' dialog box appears. Again to check that you are creating a file in your project only, see that your project name appears in the title bar of this dialog box. 05) From the given templates in the right pane under 'Templates :', select the type of code file you want and then give it a name and the extension in the 'Name :' text box. Also see that this file is stord in your project folder only by checking the path in the 'Location:' text box. 06) Click on 'Add' button. A file will not be considered as a component of your program unless and until it is added to your project. Your code file appears in the Visual Studio Client Area ready for you to start coding !!! To Add An Existing File To Your Project: You may add external files to your project to make it more functional. Following steps will enable you to add existing code files to your project: 01) Open your project or create it by following the steps above. 02) Copy and paste the desired code files into your project directory. Click on - 'Project' menu > 'Add Existing Item...'. 03) Selected the recently copied files and click on 'Add' button.