What C++ IDE should I use?

MS Visual C++ is widely used when developing Windows based applications and is famous in the industry. But license for this software is expensive. But there is Microsoft Visual Studio Express and its free, but it only has small supports for some windows libraries specially MFC. DevC++ and Code::Blocks are free IDE and mostly used for GNU C/C++ (MingW), SO if your planning to write cross platform software go either of these two.

I prefer wxDev-CPP. I used to use Dev-CPP, but it became outdated. wxDev-CPP is more like a modern version of Dev-CPP. It allows you to make forms, using wxWidgets. Plus I have always preferred using the Dev-CPP IDE. Just seems to fit for me. The GCC compiler might be a bit slow, but I don't mind it. I also have codeblocks and MS VS 2010 on my comp as well.

The more you learn about the language, the more you'll realize that IDE choices are all a matter of preference. Try them both, keep learning the language, and you'll find the one that suites you best soon enough.

Why not switch on Linux and use Geany ?