Yes, I also did some assembler code but that doesn't mean that I want to use it for application development C# pays my bills but I have grown to like the language. There are many nice features and small things that makes C# quite elegant in my opinion.
But C++ is not the problem. Problem is that the development process and tools are not well documented and refined (as stated few time already in this thread) compared to for example C# and .Net framework. But I tried to install the development tools about a year ago. Probably everything is improved since then. At least there has been many good tips in this thread.

Now I only need to find time for development. That's the toughest problem to solve at the moment!