MinGW-w64 Installation for C & C++

Use below url to download MingGW-w64.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win32/Personal%20Builds/mingw-builds/installer/mingw-w64-install.exe/download

Select default folder and continue to next screen

Finally the installation is complete

see below URL for additional details

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-mingw

Find your installation path as you will have to set an Environment variable

C:\Program Files\mingw-w64\x86_64-8.1.0-posix-seh-rt_v6-rev0\mingw64\bin

Goto “This PC” -> Right Click ->”Properties”

Goto “Advanced Settings” in Settings

Select the “Environment Variables”

Find the “PATH” Environment Variable highlight the variable as shown in blue and then click “Edit”

In the next pop-up select “New”

A new line will openup in the end and then paste the Mingw-64/bin path in my case it is

C:\Program Files\mingw-w64\x86_64-8.1.0-posix-seh-rt_v6-rev0\mingw64\bin

After setting PATH variable – reboot your computer.

After restarting you computer run VS Code and you should be able to run the code.