title: How to configure Visual Studio for native C++ (unmanaged) development?
body: <p>I am completely new to C++ development and am trying to learn it in Visual Studio. How can I be sure that I am learning only C++ and not the managed extensions? What configuration settings do I need to change? What project types should I stick to? Any other advice?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Side issue:</strong><br>
  I have tried turning off Language Extensions under </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Project properties -> C/C++ -> Language -> Disable Language Extensions</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>but this has generated a compiler error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Error 1 Command line error D8016 : '/Za' and '/clr' command-line options are incompatible</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I've no idea what's going on here ..</p>