Installing MinGW to build C++ Code on Windows

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In this video, we guide you through installing the MinGW toolkit to compile C++ on a Windows machine in Visual Studio Code.* 0:00 Introduction 0:14 MinGW Explained 0:41 Downloading VS Code and the C++ Extension 0:57 Downloading the MSYS2 Installer 1:16 Installing the MinGW Toolkit* 1:44 Editing the PATH Environment Variable 2:24 Verify Compiler Installation via Command Pallette 2:44 Verify Compiler Installation via Select IntelliSense Configuration *COMMAND LINE for Installing the MinGW Toolkit: pacman -S --needed base-devel mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-toolchain Get Started with MinGW in Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-mingw#_prerequisites If you run into any problems, feel free to reach out to us by leaving a comment below or reporting an issue on GitHub: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/ Connect and Subscribe: https://youtube.com/code https://tiktok.com/@vscode https://twitter.com/code