# glfwCreateWindow is unsuccessful in glfw3!

**URL:** https://discourse.glfw.org/t/glfwcreatewindow-is-unsuccessful-in-glfw3/525
**Category:** support
**Created:** [February 4, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/glfwcreatewindow-is-unsuccessful-in-glfw3/525 "2013-02-04T13:46:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/glfw/original/1X/b8cdefe6b61b8d5aee6c43b2c56e9cf5eabecfe4.svg) [@system](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/glfwcreatewindow-is-unsuccessful-in-glfw3/525/1 "2013-02-04T13:46:17Z")

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**[mumin16](https://sourceforge.net/u/mumin16/)** wrote on [Monday, February 04, 2013](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/10b71002/#594a):

I want to use opengl es(angle project-1823 revision) with vs2010 in win7.  
I use the last revision of glfw3.  
But glfwCreateWindow is unsuccessful.

my code:

// Include GLFW  
#include \<GL//glfw3.h\>  
#pragma comment(lib,“glfw3.lib”)///last revision  
#pragma comment(lib,“libEGL.lib”)//angle project 1823(last revision)  
#pragma comment(lib,“libGLESv2.lib”)//angle project 1823

int main(){  
// Initialise GLFW- ok  
if( !glfwInit() )  
{  
fprintf( stderr, “Failed to initialize GLFW.\n” );  
return -1;  
}

```
//set hints - ok
glfwDefaultWindowHints();
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CLIENT_API, GLFW_OPENGL_ES_API);

//create window - NOOOOOO
if( !glfwCreateWindow ( 1024, 768, "engine",0,0))
{
	fprintf( stderr, "Failed to create GLFW window.\n" );
	glfwTerminate();
	return -1;
}

```

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/glfw/original/1X/b8cdefe6b61b8d5aee6c43b2c56e9cf5eabecfe4.svg) [@system](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/glfwcreatewindow-is-unsuccessful-in-glfw3/525/2 "2013-03-19T22:34:54Z")

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**[elmindreda](https://sourceforge.net/u/elmindreda/)** wrote on [Tuesday, March 19, 2013](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/10b71002/#59a4):

Did you compile GLFW to use EGL?

Did you set an error callback?

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/glfw/original/1X/b8cdefe6b61b8d5aee6c43b2c56e9cf5eabecfe4.svg) [@system](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/glfwcreatewindow-is-unsuccessful-in-glfw3/525/3 "2014-09-18T16:22:39Z")

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**[osii-dev](https://sourceforge.net/u/osii-dev/)** wrote on [Thursday, September 18, 2014](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/10b71002/#7ce0):

For reference: [https://github.com/glfw/glfw/issues/343](https://github.com/glfw/glfw/issues/343)

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/glfw/original/1X/b8cdefe6b61b8d5aee6c43b2c56e9cf5eabecfe4.svg) [@system](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/glfwcreatewindow-is-unsuccessful-in-glfw3/525/4 "2014-09-18T17:02:10Z")

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**[elmindreda](https://sourceforge.net/u/elmindreda/)** wrote on [Thursday, September 18, 2014](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/10b71002/#7c43):

ANGLE does not support OpenGL ES 1.0.

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/glfw/original/1X/b8cdefe6b61b8d5aee6c43b2c56e9cf5eabecfe4.svg) [@system](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/glfwcreatewindow-is-unsuccessful-in-glfw3/525/5 "2014-09-18T17:02:51Z")

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**[elmindreda](https://sourceforge.net/u/elmindreda/)** wrote on [Thursday, September 18, 2014](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/10b71002/#f8e6):

Did you set an error callback?

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/glfw/original/1X/b8cdefe6b61b8d5aee6c43b2c56e9cf5eabecfe4.svg) [@system](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/glfwcreatewindow-is-unsuccessful-in-glfw3/525/6 "2014-09-18T17:03:14Z")

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**[elmindreda](https://sourceforge.net/u/elmindreda/)** wrote on [Thursday, September 18, 2014](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/10b71002/#6b13):

Zero is not a valid window size.
