You can run it by entering: > examples\hello.exe Optionally, you can install a text editor or IDE which will invoke fbc.exe for you, for example: WinFBE https://github.com/PaulSquires/WinFBE FBIDE: https://fbide.freebasic.net/ FBEdit: http://radasm.cherrytree.at/fbedit/ Linux (if ...