Open project in Microsoft Visual Studio build program in Release mode If running x64 GWB, you need to build as a x64 program. Install Visual Studio x64 tools on your computer then select x64 project configuration. To check, right-click on project Properties Make sure the correct directories point to GWBs install location. To find your GWB files, add GWB installation directory to your Path environment variable... or add the installation directory to your Visual Studio project. Tell Visual Studio where to locate the library and its header file by adding the path to the src folder in the GWB installation directory. C/C++ General Linker General Add GWB library to list of libraries your project is dependent on (Linker Input options). Build your project by clicking on Build menu Build solution. To run, click Debug Start Without Debugging Note: You cannot run the GWB library with the debugger attached. To use the debugging option, attach debugger after the program has started.