visual studio "no debugging information" solution

To enable debugging:

1. Goto Project->HelloWorld Properties

2. On the left expand "Configuration Properties"

3. Expand "C/C++"

4. On the left, Select "General"

5. On the right, change "Debug Information Format" to "Program Database For Edit And Continue (/ZI)"

6. On the left, Select "Optimization"

7. On the right, change "Optimization" to "Disabled (/Od)"

8. On the left, expand "Linker"

9. On the left, select "Debugging"

10. On the right, change "Generate Debug Info" to "Yes"

11. Click ok

12. Set your breakpoints

13. Rebuild your application

Also when running your application use Ctrl+F5 to build and run it, this keeps the console window open long enough for you to see your output.