# Compile Help Windows Tests
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/compile-help-windows-tests/11038
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [December 5, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/compile-help-windows-tests/11038 "2015-12-05T22:57:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Valkjosandi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valkjosandi)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/compile-help-windows-tests/11038/1 "2015-12-05T22:57:08Z")
After about a week of messing around with trying to get Cata (Tiles SDL, Windows 7 via MinGW) to compile I am finally met with success.
After it compiles I am left with this message: "Leaving Directory …/Cata/tests and I have no idea what to do from here all I have are a bunch of test files and cata\_test.exe.
All I wanted to do was be able to farm regardless of the ambient temperature. 😕
More information available upon request.
Here’s a picture of my tests folder: [https://img42.com/S2Pe8](https://img42.com/S2Pe8)
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### Author:  [@rremyroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/rremyroy)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/compile-help-windows-tests/11038/2 "2015-12-06T22:16:04Z")
My guess is the compilation was a success. You should also have a file name cataclysm-tiles.exe . If you launch that file, the game will start.
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### Author:  [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/compile-help-windows-tests/11038/3 "2015-12-06T23:46:20Z")
If it works, you just need to run the file tests/cata\_tests.exe
I don’t know if anyone has run it on windows, so it may or may not work.
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### Author:  [@Valkjosandi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valkjosandi)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/compile-help-windows-tests/11038/4 "2015-12-07T00:49:58Z")
Alas, nay, I’ve tried running both of those things, and here is what I got: an error telling me I need fretype 6.dll, fixed that and then I needed zlib1.dll, fixed that.
Now I am getting an error that I don’t know how to deal with: "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b). Click OK to close the application.
This error was for both cata\_test.exe and cataclysm-tiles.exe.
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### Author:  [@rremyroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/rremyroy)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/compile-help-windows-tests/11038/5 "2015-12-07T18:07:38Z")
[quote=“Valkjosandi, post:4, topic:11038”]Alas, nay, I’ve tried running both of those things, and here is what I got: an error telling me I need fretype 6.dll, fixed that and then I needed zlib1.dll, fixed that.
Now I am getting an error that I don’t know how to deal with: "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b). Click OK to close the application.
This error was for both cata\_test.exe and cataclysm-tiles.exe.[/quote]
It’s hard to tell. It could a great number of different things. If you can build a debug version with symbols and use a debugger, you might be able to see what it wrong.