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Wrong description about 'Add the MinGW compiler to your path' #11156

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C/C++ for Visual Studio Code , as the link points out,
if i use the MSYS2 to install Mingw-w64, i should add C:\msys64\ucrt64\bin to the path but not C:\msys64\mingw64\bin. Many people waste their time because of this misleading. Hope to correct it in time.

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sean-mcmanus commented on Jul 4, 2023

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FYI, there's a related PR to update the docs at microsoft/vscode-docs#6276 . The existing docs assume you're using the mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain toolchain (i.e. the previous mention of You will need to install the full Mingw-w64 toolchain (pacman -S --needed base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain)). So the text If you used the settings above to install Mingw-w64, then add this to the path: C:\msys64\mingw64\bin is referencing that.

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          Wrong description about 'Add the MinGW compiler to your path' · Issue #11156 · microsoft/vscode-cpptools