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Hm. I tried loading a new item from a different location instead of just going to new, and it worked, so you must be correct in saying that I wasn't creating the item in the project folder. Thank you...

I put your exact code into the same file and same result.

I created it as a win32 console application with an empty .cpp file.

win32 console application empty project. tried using different funtions, didn't work. To be honest I am a coding newbie, but I've scoured the internet for a solution and for the past 3 days have not...