C# and C++ are totally different languages, and depending what you want to do, and even more so on your OS will determine which one you want to go to. Since you are new, I actually say you should learn phython maybe. It won't teach you any bad habits which other languages may teach you, and it is very easy.

^^^ That, and if you want to easily make apps, but very good ones at that, C# would be good, if you want to make apps in a more advanced way and the option for more Operating Systems, C++ would be that, but if you want to easily make effective Windows apps, go with C#.

How about you stop making these threads, and stick to one? This is like the 7th thread I've seen from you.

OT: Learn C#. It's easier to learn, and there's a huge market for C# programmers right now. It would still be good to know c++ though.

C# is really easy to pick up and start making working programs with that AREN'T just console programs. C/C++ is a powerful set of languages that don't require the .NET framework, but the .NET framework gives C# a lot of flexibility. I would start there, that's where I started after web scripting.

My uncle works as a programme developer fro NAB wich is a the biggest bank in Australia and he is using C# right now for a program he showed me, which im not allowed to talk about but he also said you can't really do anything in C++ without a lot of work. so he set me on my path with C and this book which is supposedly the bible to programming so here is a link. I have started reading it and I might add that it is very explanatory and teaches you really well. Ive also heard good things about 'thenewboston' on youtube but I didn't really find his tutorials that great.
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Anyway if i had to choose one I would personally go with C# I see a lot of people use it and it seems to make good programs. Anyway i was in the same spot as you but I decided C because heaps of programming languages as are a superset of C and make it easier to learn here a few.
C++
Obejective-C (used for iOS development, what I'm hoping to do)

Anyway I hope I help. Cheers, Byte

I wouldn't recommend starting with C++. There are a few reasons for this. There's a larger learning curve with C++ compared to c# or java, because there is no garbage collector in c++. So you need to allocate, and de-allocate memory in order to prevent memory leaks.

Another very trick area is pointers.

Even with prior programming knowledge topics like this can be tricky.

So start with C# and see how that goes for you.