To get started, use the Application Wizard to create a new project with the type "Win32 Console Application". When you do this, it will make a skeleton file that looks like this:

#include "stdafx.h"

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
    return 0;
}

That shows the syntax for what you want to do. After that, look in the MSDN documentation for more information about 'argc' and 'argv[]'.

Good luck!

-- Russ

PS: You might get better help on a VC++ forum than this one. Most of the people here are interested in microcontrollers, not Windows programming. Try here for starters:

http://www.codeproject.com/