When a target specific executable project is created using the New Project Wizard, the following default files are added to the project:

- Target_Startup.s - The target specific startup code.
- crt0.s - The CrossWorks standard C runtime code.
- Target_MemoryMap.xml - The target specific memory map file for the board. Note that for some target's a general linker placement file may not be suitable. In these cases there will be two memory map files, one for a Flash build and one for a RAM build.
- flash_placement.xml - The linker placement file for a Flash build.
- sram_placement.xml - The linker placement file for a RAM build.
- Target_Target.js - The target script file.

Initially, shared versions of these files are added to the project, if you want to modify any these files you should select the file in the project explorer and then click the Import option from the context menu. This will copy a writeable version of the file into your project directory and change the path in the project explorer to be that of the local file. You will then be able to make changes to the local file without effecting the shared copy of the file.

The following list describes the typical flow of a C program created using CrossStudio's project templates:

- The processor starts executing at address 0x0000000 which is the reset exception vector. The exception vector table can be found in the target specific startup code, it is put into the program section .vectors which is positioned at address 0x00000000 by the target specific memory map file.
- The processor jumps to the reset_handler label in the target specific startup code which configures the target.
- When the target is configured the target specific startup code jumps to the _start entry point in the C runtime code which sets up the C runtime environment.
- When the C runtime environment has been set up the C runtime code jumps to the C entry point function main.
- When the program returns from main, it re-enters the C runtime code, executes the destructors and then finally enters an endless loop.