Setup VS Code with C++ On Windows 11 (or 10)

[@GauravSharma-ct4uc]

sir , you are the best , finally I was able to run c++ code in vs code . Thankyou so much sir💯💯

[@kurdonthego]

Wow, i was stuck on this for a few days after I got a new ssd. A lot of other videos use the source forge mingw which I found didnt work but came across your's and now its working! Super short and right to the point amazing

[@abc-qk3ml]

So all that error is because of source forge mingw?

[@EMC273]

great straightforward video on how to set up c++ in vscode video.

[@shrutiisinhaaa]

Thank you sooo much!! this was very helpful

[@mienai955]

Thank you so much. This really worked!

[@KNuggies]

Glad it helped!

[@wat_abokmog1837]

Good job, thank you so much 👍🏼✌🏼

[@HamzaShaikh-q7c]

I am not getting GDB in VS code, what should I do?

[@OtakuTube636]

thankyou brother best video got it alright working like champ💖💝

[@Blue-the-broke]

holy shit finally i found something that worked thanks

[@KNuggies]

Thank you for the feedback! It's always nice to hear that the tutorial is current.

[@СтепанПерфильев-ы5к]

thank you very much !!!

[@kyo911]

Thank you very much !

[@kvelez]

Good video, do more C++, PHP, C#, Python videos.

[@SalaarTariq]

The terminal process terminated with exit code: -1. It gives me this error. I have reinstalled vs code and followed all of your steps kindly guide me through it.

[@seanhayden7776]

I'm getting an error when trying to run the program after hitting F5; "The preLaunchTask 'C/C++: gcc.exe build active file' terminated with exit code -1"

[@imanshaf8429]

I get the exact same thing. Did you solve it?

[@seanhayden7776]

@@imanshaf8429 nope, gave up and just got a windows laptop lol

[@KNuggies]

Thanks for the feedback. I've seen a few comments about this error, but I haven't been able to recreate it.

[@jarrydoneill7834]

@@KNuggies I got this problem, but yet it still shows the output of hello world in the correct way

[@chips2786]

Delete the .vscode folder

[@ScriptoTheCode]

I'm having an issue where isn't working are there any fixes ?

[@KNuggies]

Might be using iostream functions without the "std::" in front of each use or not "using namespace std;" would cause problems. If it just can't include iostream, the compiler could be missing core parts of C++ and probably needs reinstalled or some such thing. Hopefully you have it sorted out :)

[@ScriptoTheCode]

@@KNuggies I found a step that I did wrong so reinstalling it did end up working so thank you for the help

[@ml9871234]

why only take the ...-gdb package? any reason not to just take all?

[@AF-ps1ki]

I don't know why I don't find (Environment variables). This is the second time I'm trying to install the program, but I'm having the same problem.

[@KNuggies]

Searching the start menu for "Environment" always brings it up for me on Windows 10 or 11. Right clicking the start menu and opening "System" then clicking the "Advanced system settings" link gets me there too. Hope this helps.

[@abhikyadav1672]

i am not getting any output in terminal but the code is compiling successfully what could be the issue ?

[@KNuggies]

I've seen VS Code not display the terminal output for the first run after setting up everything because it's on another tab in the terminal area. However, this was solved for me by manually clicking the terminal tab or just running the program again. Not sure this is what you experienced.

[@Jxs.911]

I'm facing the same problem , also there's another error saying ; cannot open source file "iostream". Please run the 'Select IntelliSense Configuration...' command to locate your system headers.

[@alexjimenez6719]

great video

[@logisticsmakati442]

the vscode said that my file is does not exist and needs to open json file, how to fix?

[@KNuggies]

Not sure what json file it would be trying to open...unless it is prompting you to create the "launch.json" file to save your launch configuration for each time you press F5. That is normal as it will create a "launch.json" file to store which launch mode you chose. If you have an issue with this file, you can delete it from the .vscode directory and try again.

[@Shinn.h_]

What should i do if i do not have my auto complete working?

[@KNuggies]

The main things are installing the programs and adding them to the path in windows. Double check those things first. Otherwise, it's such a broad problem, that starting fresh and installing again might be the way. Let me know how it goes.

[@HiroshiHoshigaki]

hey dude, i dont know why but i cannot see the gcc ane gdb thing in my visual code , the thing which you were doing at 3.50 min help me out here

[@question_mark-00000]

same

[@kinofthestainedblade8370]

I get the lauch.json file problem after installing everything and following the steps any tips?

[@phynix6973]

my autocomplete is not working

[@KNuggies]

The C++ addon expects to access gcc and gdb (maybe other stuff) on the path. If you have everything properly installed and added to the path, you might need to close VS Code and reopen it for the the addon to work it's magic. Otherwise, it's probably an issue with the path or installed installation. Check your path variable and installation location carefully. To check your install, you can navigate to "C:\msys64\ucrt64\bin" and "C:\msys64\mingw64\bin" to look around and run commands from the directory. If that's working, the problem is the path. There have been times where my Python environment got so messed up, the only way I could fix it was to uninstall VS Code and delete all the local / user files left behind. Then reinstall it fresh. It might be worth a shot if nothing else works. Hopefully you were able to get it working.

[@MuhammadAwaisHameed-w5u]

error: failed to init transaction (unable to lock database) error: could not lock database: Permission denied my laptop is show this error

[@bemnettesfaye3716]

it says something about jason file

[@kawaiineko6518]

I have the same problem

[@treyabolicum]

@@kawaiineko6518 use g++ main.cpp -o main.exe instead of gcc main.cpp -o main.exe . Additionally make sure you are inside the correct directory, if not make a new folder and use gcc again. Cheers!

[@TheOrangeSwag]

The compiler might need that initial load (like shown in the video with the blue text) to fix that launch.json error. Make sure there are no errors in the code when your compiling. Thats what happened with my code. I had an error that was preventing that initial compilation it needed, and it said something like: "launch _program_ does not exist vscode" Then had a option to open launch.json. Once I deleted the error and compiled it for the first time, I saw a whole bunch of blue text in the terminal, and now I don't get the message when I try to run or debug. Probably sounds obvious, like no duh an error will prevent a successful compilation, but at least in my case, that's what was causing the json error.😅

[@jsx0328]

Why Msys2?

[@KNuggies]

This method was based on the VS Code documentation. I also like using virtual machines, docker containers, WSL, or the original Visual Studio on Windows. There are lots of ways to run C++.

[@leoandrade7461]

Please help me, my program at the end gives the error "Unable to start debugging. Unexpected GDB output from command "-environment-cd "C:\\Users\\Léo Andrade\\Documents\\Work". C:\Users\Léo Andrade\Documents\Work: No such file or directory." how can I solve it? I'm about to give up :(

[@KNuggies]

Sorry for the delay. Where you able to sort it out or did you run your program some other way? Usually the space in your directory could cause the problem, but it appears that it is already wrapped in quotes. If you haven't tried Docker yet, I'd recommend developing C++ inside a Docker container as a (probably better) alternative to this solution. The VS Code Dev Containers addon makes it pretty easy to get started. If you would like to see a video on this just let me know :)

[@leoandrade7461]

When I run my code I get the message 'open launch.json', I'm already thinking about giving up on this language because it's so difficult to get started in it ¬¬

[@KNuggies]

I love C++, but don't use it much any more. What are you trying to do with software? Let that guide you to the language choice. For most people JavaScript or Python are the best choice for a first language due to how useful they are.

[@MohammadHosseinzadehZavieh]

Finally I can run c++. The other tutorials are all trashes.

[@KNuggies]

Glad it helped! Thanks for watching!

[@KNuggies]

Free link to the medium article: medium.com/@knuggies/setup-vs-code-with-c-on-windows-a448a439c7b3?source=friends_link&sk=cda21d98ef318f80b9eacdaa1188dc49

[@jiyaprasad8989]

hey...my vscode says it doesn't recognize gcc and gdb....can you please help me?

[@KNuggies]

If you have everything properly installed and added to the path, you might need to close VS Code and reopen it for the commands to be available. Otherwise, it's not on the path or not installed properly. It's almost always one of theses. Check your path variable and installation location carefully. To check your install, you can navigate to "C:\msys64\ucrt64\bin" and "C:\msys64\mingw64\bin" to look around and run commands from the directory. If that's working, the problem is the path.

[@jiyaprasad8989]

@@KNuggies in mysys2 too it shows command not found when i type gcc --version and gdb --version

[@KNuggies]

@@jiyaprasad8989 if you change directory to "C:\msys64\mingw64\bin" (or "C:\msys64\ucrt64\bin") in a terminal and list the files, do you see the gcc or gdb executable? If so, you can run the version check from the current directory with ".\gcc --version" or ".\gdb --version" . If this works, your path variable is the problem. If you don't see the executable files in the bin directory, the installation is the issue.

[@jiyaprasad8989]

@@KNuggies it says open launch.json what to do?