Compiled .exe file's dont run on regular windows machines

[harryvermeulen]

I'm using Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 in parallels 3.0 build 5582 running Windows XP SP2, to compile a very simple hello world program:

#include <stdio>

int main (int argc, char **argv)
{
	fprintf(stderr, "Hello World\n");
}

It compiles a .exe file which runs fine within parallels, but when I try to run it on a regular windows xp machine, it says there is something wrong with the compression of the file? Does anyone have an idea why this is or if there is a way to solve it?

Thanks in advance,
Harry