W864 MSVS 2012E ERROR: Unable to find Altera OpenCL platform.

Hello, in a previous thread I had troubles with compiling the OpenCL hello world. I have since compiled it correctly but i was unable to edit it since it somehow deleted itself (i must have deleted it by accident? sorry...) if a mod is reading this, i think i deleted it somehow? if you could restore it i could give a step-by-step on what i did to fix it, as a lot of people might have the same problems as me.

I have a new problem that might stem from not fully understanding how to operate my device de0-nano-soc kit

I get the following error: "ERROR: Unable to find Altera OpenCL platform." inside the init() function of the hello world example.

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bool init() {

cl_int status;

if(!setCwdToExeDir()) {

return false;

}

// Get the OpenCL platform.

platform = findPlatform("Altera");

if(platform == NULL) {

printf("ERROR: Unable to find Altera OpenCL platform.\n");

return false;

}

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I have the device powered on with the AC plug in. I also have the USB device it came with: type a to mini-b usb cable x1

possible reasons:

1: I dont have the "USB-BLASTER II" device (that I was previous unaware I would need such a thing).

2: Incorrect drivers installed.

If this is number 1 related then my next question is:

how can i communicate with my device? i want to run opencl code from a c++ program.