Funny thing is I've never done source code.
You've completely lost me FF. You say you built the application, you say your running from the release folder, but you've never done source code? Where did you get the code you're trying to compile from then?
You use tortoise SVN and that URL to get the latest and you build it. Where by chance did you get the code your working with now?
You're beyond DOL support at this time, you need to learn to use the tools and if you downloaded something from somewhere and it doesn't work you need to go to that place and ask for support.