 <p>You're very likely missing a DLL. Try running the generated <code>.exe</code> file straight from windows console, as it often reports which DLL is missing. Come back with the error you're getting.</p> <p>I haven't used VS2005, but maybe you're missing the VC++2005 Redistributable (available <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=3387" rel="nofollow">here</a>).</p>