What is the difference between _tmain() and main() in C++?

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If I run my C++ application with the following main() method everything is OK:

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) 
{
   cout << "There are " << argc << " arguments:" << endl;

   // Loop through each argument and print its number and value
   for (int i=0; i<argc; i++)
      cout << i << " " << argv[i] << endl;

   return 0;
}

I get what I expect and my arguments are printed out.

However, if I use _tmain:

int _tmain(int argc, char *argv[]) 
{
   cout << "There are " << argc << " arguments:" << endl;

   // Loop through each argument and print its number and value
   for (int i=0; i<argc; i++)
      cout << i << " " << argv[i] << endl;

   return 0;
}

It just displays the first character of each argument.

What is the difference causing this?

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