Get the latest version of MinGW-w64 via MSYS2, which provides up-to-date native builds of GCC, MinGW-w64, and other helpful C++ tools and libraries. This will provide you with the necessary tools to compile your code, debug it, and configure it to work with IntelliSense .

It provides up-to-date native builds of GCC, Mingw-w64, and other helpful C++ tools and libraries. Download using this direct link to the MinGW installer . Run the installer and follow the steps of the installation wizard.

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You can debug Windows applications created using Cygwin or MinGW by using VS Code. To use Cygwin or MinGW debugging features, the debugger path must be set manually in the launch configuration ( launch.json ).

Create a new workspace, copy your .vscode JSON files to it, adjust the necessary settings for the new workspace path, program name, and so on, and start coding!

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VS Code is now configured to use gcc on Linux. The configuration applies to the current workspace. To reuse the configuration, just copy the JSON files to a .vscode folder in a new project folder (workspace) and change the names of the source file(s) and executable as needed. Troubleshooting Compiler and linking errors

To identify a compiler for IntelliSense, the C/C++ extension scans common paths on your machine for compilers such as Clang, GCC, MinGW, cygwin, cygwin64, and MSVC. If any of these compilers are identified and in a secure location, they …

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How do I get the new IntelliSense to work with MinGW on Windows? See Get Started with C++ and Mingw-w64 in Visual Studio Code . How do I get the new IntelliSense to work with the Windows Subsystem for Linux?