How Do I Run Mingw on Windows 10?
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How do I install MinGW on Windows 10 64 bit?

Prerequisites#

  1. In the Windows search bar, type ‘settings’ to open your Windows Settings.
  2. Search for Edit environment variables for your account.
  3. Choose the Path variable and then select Edit.
  4. Select New and add the Mingw-w64 destination folder path to the system path. …
  5. Select OK to save the updated PATH.

How do I run MinGW?

Install the MinGW Tools for C/C++

  1. Log in to your regular user account.
  2. Download this MinGW folder and run it. …
  3. Accept the default installation folder C:MinGW. …
  4. At the Select Component dialog, check the MSYS Basic System.
  5. Add the C:MinGWbin folder to your Windows Path variable.
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