How To Run A Command Prompt with Visual Studio C++
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From the Start menu, choose All Programs -> Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (folder, not
the shortcut) -> Visual Studio Tools -> Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt

To compile and link a .cpp file into an .exe:

cl /EHsc HelloCruelWorld.cpp

(creates HelloCruelWorld.obj and HelloCruelWorld.exe)

Compile errors are normally displayed in the Command Prompt window.  To save them,

cl /EHsc HelloCruelWorld.cpp 2> errors.txt

notepad errors.txt

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To clean and zip your project.

From Visual Studio 2005, from the Build menu, choose Project Only -> Clean Only ___,
where ___ is your solution/project name.

From the File menu, choose Save All.  Again from the File menu, choose Close Project.

Open a Command Prompt window.

cd to the directory where you have saved your solution/project.

For example, if your working folder right off C drive is called "ctec1335":

c:			to switch to C drive (not necessary if your prompt says you are 
			 already on C drive)
cd \ctec1335		to change to the \ctec1335 folder

cd into the solution folder

For example, if your solution/project is called "Lab1":

cd Lab1

Remove the "debug" folder

rd /s /q debug

Delete the .ncb file

del /f /q *.ncb

cd into the project folder.  Typically, the project and solution are named the same.

For example,

cd Lab1

Remove the "Debug" folder

rd /s /q Debug

Delete any .obj and .exe files that may have not been cleaned.

del /f /q *.obj
del /f /q *.exe

You should be left with four files and two folders,

the .sln file in your solution folder
the two .vcproj files in your project subfolder
the .cpp file in your project subfolder

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To zip, download the InfoZip ZIP for Windows program (zip.exe) from the course web site,
and save it in your working directory on the hard drive (C:).

From the Command prompt, make sure that you have cleaned your project first (as described
above.)

zip -r9 solution.zip solution-folder

where solution.zip is the name of the .zip file and solution-folder is the name of
your solution/project folder.

Using the above example:

c:
cd \work
zip -r9 Lab1.zip Lab1

You can then copy the .zip file to your USB flash drive or to your network drive.

For example,

copy Lab1.zip e:\ctec1335

(assumes that E is the drive letter of your USB flash drive and that there is a folder
 there called "ctec1335")

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To Unzip An Existing Solution/Project
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Create a folder on the hard disk (C drive) where you can work.  The hard disk is typically
the fastest storage available and is much faster than both a network share drive and a
USB flash drive.

For example, from a Command Prompt window:

c:		change to C drive
cd \		change to the root directory on C drive
md work		create a new folder called "work", right off the root of C drive
cd work		change to the new "work" folder

Download the InfoZip UNZIP for Windows (unzip.exe) from the course web site to your
working folder.

Either download the .zip file (for example, from the course web site), or copy it from
your USB flash drive or network drive.

For example, if your network drive is U drive, and you have a folder there called 
"CTEC 1335 Computer Programming I" and in there is a .zip file called 
"Lab 1, Part B, Problem #6.zip":

unzip -aou "U:\CTEC 1335 Computer Programming I\Lab 1, Part B, Problem #6.zip"

It will recreate the solution/project folders and extract the .sln, .vcproj, and .cpp
files.

Start Visual Studio 2005 and from the File menu, choose Open, then Project/Solution
and look for the .sln file.