Can't load image from file in "Displaying a sprite" tutorial.

[Mad Man]

Hey all,

I'm having difficulty finishing the "displaying a sprite" tutorial while using VS Studio 2012. I've just copied and pasted the source code that the tutorial provides here. The project builds successfully, but no matter where I put the "sprite.tga" file in the directory, I get this error message.

"Failed to load image 'sprite.tga'. Reason: Unable to open file"

I've tried other tutorials that utilize the sfml-graphics and everything goes just fine, but if I try opening the .exe directly and not from the IDE, I get an error saying that sfml-graphics-d.dll is missing.

What am I doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated.

[eXpl0it3r]

Where is the sprite.tga located?

VS's default working directory is next to the project file.

[Mad Man]

I've tried putting it in the folder with the .exe, and when that failed, moved it to the folder with the .vcxproj files.
Still no dice.

[eXpl0it3r]

And the file got the right permission?

Have you tried loading a different file (e.g. a png)?

[Mad Man]

Oh man. I just realized I did something incredibly stupid(had file extensions hidden, so there was an extra .png).

Problem solved, and thanks for help expl0it3r. I'll try not to make another awful thread again.