My graphics.h plugin refuses to show graphics with my early pre-testing code for a game on code::blocks

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C++

game

graphics

testing

I couldn't test or modify the structure of the code yet, and this is still a very, very early build... if I don't attempt to include any graphics, the game executes just fine on a command line.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <graphics.h>

int main()
{
    int gd = DETECT;
    int gm;
    initgraph(&gd, &gm, "C:\\TC\\BGI");

    arc(200, 200, 0, 130, 50);
    arc(150, 150, 0, 360, 10);
    arc(250, 150, 0, 360, 10);
    arc(200, 200, 0, 360, 5);

    getch();
    closegraph;

    int erick[2][6] = {{1,3,5},{2,4,6}};

    // 1,3,5
    // 2,4,6

    int juliett[3][6] = {{1,3,5},{2,4,6}};

    // 1,3,5
    // 2,4,6

    int elliot[4][6] = {{1,3,5},{2,4,6}};

    // 1,3,5
    // 2,4,6

    int paul[5][6] = {{1,3,5},{2,4,6}};

    // 1,3,5
    // 2,4,6

    int friedrich[6][6] = {{1,3,5},{2,4,6}};

    // 1,3,5
    // 2,4,6

    int name1;
    string age1;
    char initial1;

    cout << "naming game: type and guess the secret name to advance, if failure you see the credits!" << endl;
    cin >> age1 >> initial1 >> name1;

    cout << "type the secret name" << name1 << "starts with " << age1 << "the letter e" << name1 << endl;

    int name2;
    string age2;
    char initial2;

    cout << "stage 2" << endl;
    cin >> age2 >> initial2 >> name2;

    cout << "type the secret name" << name2 << "starts with " << age2 << "the letter j" << name2 << endl;

    int name3;
    string age3;
    char initial3;

    cout << "stage 3" << endl;
    cin >> age3 >> initial3 >> name3;

    cout << "type the secret name" << name3 << "starts with " << age3 << "the letter e" << name3 << endl;

    int name4;
    string age4;
    char initial4;

    cout << "stage 4" << endl;
    cin >> age4 >> initial4 >> name4;

    cout << "type the secret name" << name4 << "starts with " << age4 << "the letter p" << name4 << endl;

    int name5;
    string age5;
    char initial5;

    cout << "stage 5" << endl;
    cin >> age5 >> initial5 >> name5;

    cout << "type the secret name" << name5 << "starts with " << age5 << "the letter f" << name5 << endl;

}

In other words, the small window is blank (grey), and nothing happens if I attempt to use graphics.

What I have tried:

I tried to take the graphics coding away and it started working as a command line interface. Also attempted to modify the coding here and there, but it is mostly working at this point through CLI, just not GUI.