SFML - RenderWindow Runtime Errors with EVERYTHING - c++

Question

For almost all of any object I've added so far (sf::Color, sf::Image, sf::Texture, etc.) to the sample code I grabbed from the SFML site, exceptions get thrown once I run it, to the accord of:
Unhandled exception at 0x61C71B86 (sfml-system-2.dll) in gameboiss.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000074.
It's brought up in reference to the RenderWindow line for whatever reason. If I remove all lines referencing these objects, it works fines. Even if I leave only one line creating the variable (i.e. sf::Texture texture), the exception is still thrown. I've tried multiple things amongst looking at the locals/autos at debug and it doesn't seem to give much light.
I'm working on Visual Studio 2012, any help would be appreiciated. Below is the code. thanks :)
#include <iostream>
#include "SFML/Window.hpp"
#include "SFML/Graphics.hpp"
#include "SFML/System.hpp"
int main(){
sf::RenderWindow window(sf::VideoMode(200,200), "game boi");
sf::CircleShape shape(100.f);
//source of error
sf::Texture texture;
texture.loadFromFile("char\\spartapix.png");
/*if(!hero.loadFromFile("char\\spartapix.png")){
std::cerr << "Error: sprite not loaded.\n";
return 1;
}*/
//sf::Image background;
//if (!background.loadFromFile("background.jpg"))
//return -1;
shape.setFillColor(sf::Color::Blue);
sf::Vector2i pos;
while (window.isOpen()){
sf::Event event;
while (window.pollEvent(event)){
if (event.type == sf::Event::Closed)
window.close();
if (event.type == sf::Event::GainedFocus)
std::cout << "playing";
if (event.type == sf::Event::LostFocus)
std::cout << "notplaying\n";
if (event.type == sf::Event::MouseButtonPressed){
sf::Vector2i pos = sf::Mouse::getPosition(window);
std::cout << pos.x << " " << pos.y << std::endl;
}
if (event.type == sf::Event::KeyPressed){
if (sf::Keyboard::isKeyPressed(sf::Keyboard::Left)){
}
if (sf::Keyboard::isKeyPressed(sf::Keyboard::Right)){
}
if (sf::Keyboard::isKeyPressed(sf::Keyboard::Escape)){
window.close();
}
}
}
window.clear();
window.draw(shape);
window.display();
}
return 0;
}
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Answer 1

I agree with RetiredNinja's comment above: If it happens as soon as you create the render window, it's most likely some STL version difference (from the passed string; since sf::String is part of sfml-system), which is typically the case when you mix up versions (Visual Studio releases or Release/Debug builds).
Are you sure you've picked the correct download from SFML's download page? As an alternative, you could try downloading and compiling SFML from the official repository.