Have you tried Eclipse?
www.eclipse.org
I was used to VSC++ before I started Java, and with other IDEs it was
really awkward (I wasn't familiar with the language either).
I must say Eclipse was really easy to get used to.  It's very
customizable, so you can make it look *pretty much* like VS because you
can move around the subwindows. It has alot of neat features that VS
doesn't have either, like:
it'll compile it automatically when you save,
the compiler gives you detailed error messages so you know what you did
wrong (and it'll give suggestions on what to do!),
the debugger works great,
good autocompletion,
it's good with shortcuts and whatnot, like if you want you can make it
so that when you type 'cout<<' it'll replace it with
'System.out.println(" '

So give it a try, definitely

Thanks for the info