Help-complete newcomer

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I have just installed emacs on Windows ME and am attempting to compile my first program.  I did the M-x, got the make-k prompt and put in the file name but get an error message-'Bad Command or Filename'.  I am not very familiar with UNIX and makefile, I would just like to do some codework for now.  Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated.

                                                                        Sincerely

                                                                         Jack G.