C++ reading process memory

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I am new to C++ and it is just a pain in the ass to find a single working example of reading process memory.

What I have tried:

After hours of googling, I eventually found a glimmer of hope for this code:

// ConsoleApplication4.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
//

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;


int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
	DWORD address = 0x002B45AC; // This is the address that we want to read from
	float value = 9999; // This will store our value. In my case, its an integer, which is the timer
	DWORD pid; //This will store our Process ID, used to read/write into the memory
	HWND hwnd; //Finally a handle to our window
	hwnd = FindWindow(NULL, L"minesweeper"); //Finds the Window called "Minesweeper"
	if (!hwnd) //If none, display an error
	{
		cout << "Window not found!\n";
		cin.get();
	}
	GetWindowThreadProcessId(hwnd, &pid); //Get the process id and place it in pid
	HANDLE phandle = OpenProcess(PROCESS_VM_READ, 0, pid); //Get permission to read
	if (!phandle) //Once again, if it fails, tell us
	{
		cout << "Could not get handle!\n";
		cin.get();
	}

	
	while (1)  //Forever, or until you force close the program
	{
		ReadProcessMemory(phandle, (void*)address, &value, sizeof(value), 0); //Read what is in "address" and store it in "value", then what is the size of what we are going to read which is "value",and finally the number of bytes read, but I dont care about that so I put a 0, or NULL
		cout << value << "\n"; //Display it
		Sleep(1000); //I was reading the timer which increases every second, so I made my program go through that loop every second
		//return 0;
	}
	
}

I'm attempting to read float "value" from a game process and have it displayed on the console. I am also trying to write to process memory, so if anyone could help me with that I would greatly appreciate it!!

Thank you,