c++ - New installation of Visual Studio 2010 fails to compile "hello world" console application

I have just completed a new install of Visual Studio 2010 for C++. When creating a console application it generates a simple 'hello world' project but when I try to compile it I get the following errors.

1>------ Build started: Project: dbf_hello_02, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1>LINK : fatal error LNK1123: failure during conversion to COFF: file invalid or corrupt
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

Which resulted from the inability to find (or maybe generate) the solution .exe file. I have not changed anything, just installed the program.

Where have I gone wrong?.