Irrlicht examples not working?

if you compile the examples, you are asked for a driver like:

Please select the driver you want for this example:
(a) Direct3D 9.0c
(b) Direct3D 8.1
(c) OpenGL 1.5
(d) Software Renderer
(e) Burning's Software Renderer
(f) NullDevice
(otherKey) Exit

Now you click into the 'Output' window and choose your driver, (e.g. 'a')
Press ENTER and the Window should appear