g++ not detected in VS Code - json

Question

I'm trying to compile c++ inside VS Code.
I have MinGW installed.
I've followed the steps in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFdJ68WbkdQ
And the steps at the "getting started" docs https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/cpp
Actually, my config shows like this:
{
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Mac",
"includePath": [
"/usr/include",
"/usr/local/include",
"${workspaceRoot}"
],
"defines": [],
"intelliSenseMode": "clang-x64",
"browse": {
"path": [
"/usr/include",
"/usr/local/include",
"${workspaceRoot}"
],
"limitSymbolsToIncludedHeaders": true,
"databaseFilename": ""
},
"macFrameworkPath": [
"/System/Library/Frameworks",
"/Library/Frameworks"
]
},
{
"name": "Linux",
"includePath": [
"/usr/include",
"/usr/local/include",
"${workspaceRoot}"
],
"defines": [],
"intelliSenseMode": "clang-x64",
"browse": {
"path": [
"/usr/include",
"/usr/local/include",
"${workspaceRoot}"
],
"limitSymbolsToIncludedHeaders": true,
"databaseFilename": ""
}
},
{
"name": "Win32",
"includePath": [
"C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.11.25503/include/*",
"C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.11.25503/atlmfc/include/*",
"C:/Program Files (x86)/Windows Kits/10/Include/10.0.16299.0/um",
"C:/Program Files (x86)/Windows Kits/10/Include/10.0.16299.0/ucrt",
"C:/Program Files (x86)/Windows Kits/10/Include/10.0.16299.0/shared",
"C:/Program Files (x86)/Windows Kits/10/Include/10.0.16299.0/winrt",
"${workspaceRoot}"
],
"defines": [
"_DEBUG",
"UNICODE"
],
"intelliSenseMode": "msvc-x64",
"browse": {
"path": [
"${workspaceRoot}",
"C:\\MinGW\\lib\\gcc\\mingw32\\6.3.0\\include\\c++",
"C:\\MinGW\\bin"
],
"limitSymbolsToIncludedHeaders": true,
"databaseFilename": ""
}
}
],
"version": 3
}
And the "tasks.json" file has the following:
{
// See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
// for the documentation about the tasks.json format
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [
{
"label": "build",
"type": "shell",
"command": "‪‪g++",
"args": [
"-g", "Calculator.cpp", "-o","Calculator"
],
"group": {
"kind": "build",
"isDefault": true
},
"problemMatcher":"$gcc"
}
]
}
But when I hit "run main task" it prompts:
"> Executing task: ‪‪g++ -g Calculator.cpp -o Calculator <
'‪‪g++' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
The terminal process terminated with exit code: 1"
How can I get gcc detected?
I'm using VS Code with Windows 10 machine BTW.

Answer 1

If you have not added the folder path to windows, try that first.
If that still does not work try adding the full path in "task.json" instead of just g++.
Something like this:
C:/MinGW/bin/g++