Cannot open include file: &#x27;GL/glut.h

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I put .h file under include/gl folder
.lib file under lib folders
under directory sdk/v6.1 as guided
.dll under window/system32 folder

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i did install all libraries for glut like glut.h, glut32.lib. glut32.dll

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1>Compiling...
1>Homework2.cpp
1>c:\users\aly\documents\visual studio 2008\projects\homework2\homework2\homework2.cpp(7) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'glut.h': No such file or directory
1>Build log was saved at "file://c:\Users\aly\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\Homework2\Homework2\Debug\BuildLog.htm"
1>Homework2 - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

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I put .h file(glut.h file) into this directory

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.1\Include\gl

then put .lib file into lib folders
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.1\Lib
then I put glut32.dll into windows/system32 directory folder

after that I open vs c++ 2005 to create new project. then I open properties from new project , go to linker , choose input and add GlU32.Lib OpenGL32.Lib freeglut.lib glut32.lib to Additional dependencies. I still got problem after those step. Can you give me an advice

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it comes up different directory the last line is :

C:\ program files\microsoft visual studio 9.0\vc\bin

the file i put into gl folder is glut.h
lib folder is glut.lib
system32 folder is glut32.dll
h header file folder in gl is attached herewith.
This-gl-folder-with-h-header-fil.doc

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what is the OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT)? is that glut.h, glut32.lib and glut32.dll