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Visual Studio Code and Mingw64 Setup on Windows 10

. Make sure to read the official VSCode Docs .

  1. Download & install VSCode

  2. Install VSCode C++ plugin by Microsoft

  3. Download & Install mingw-w64

  4. Select the latest version and install with default settings

  5. Install to C:\Mingw64 6.1. Go to installation Dir and run the Batch command OR 6.2. Search Windows start menu for 'Environment Variables' settings

  6. Add C:\mingw-w64\x86_64-8.1.0-posix-seh-rt_v6-rev0\mingw64\bin to User Environment Variable under Path

  7. Restart Windows

  8. Run cmd > g++ -v to check installation

  9. Open VSCode

  10. CTRL+SHIFT+P

  11. Search and Run the command 'C/Cpp: Edit configurations' Download Here

  12. Include '"C:\mingw-w64\x86_64-8.1.0-posix-seh-rt_v6-rev0\mingw64\lib\gcc\x86_64-w64-mingw32\8.1.0\include\c++"' under the "includePath" command

  13. Include '"C:\mingw-w64\x86_64-8.1.0-posix-seh-rt_v6-rev0\mingw64\bin\gcc.exe"' under the "compilePath" command

  14. Save file

  15. CTRL+SHIFT+P

  16. Search and 'Run Tasks: Configure Task' select 'Create tasks.json file from templates' select 'Others'

  17. Copy the contents of tasks.json - Download Here - to this VSCode Workspace tasks file

  18. Open the Debug View

  19. Click the Configure Button

  20. Seletc 'C++ (GDB/LLDB)'

  21. Open the resulting launch.json file

  22. Copy the contents of launch.json - Download Here - to this VSCode Workspace launch file

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