I am installing the 64-bit GCC compiler to use in visual studio code. I added the MinGW binary directory to environmental variables but when running g or gdb in command prompt it is not recognized as a command. I am certain the file path is correct because I can run the applications in the installation folder. I have tried restarting my computer and command prompt but the problem persists.

This is what I see so far: desktop screenshot

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

These are the guides I am following:

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

2. https://www.msys2.org/

CodePudding user response：

You probably need to add it to your path in the environment variables, in the start search bar search environment variables and it should bring up a shortcut to where you can change and add to the environment variables, just need to add it to the path

CodePudding user response：

you should add the bin path to Path environment variable， but not create a Mingw environment variable.