I want to use gcc on Windows, so someone gave me a MinGW folder. I put the D:\software\MinGW\bin\
folder in my PATH. But when I open a new CMD and type gcc
, I get
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file
However, when I type gcc.exe
, it works.
So I read on this post that this may be related to my PATHEXT variable. However, I changed my PATHEXT system variable so that it matches exactly what is said in the answer, and I removed my PATHEXT user variable, but it didn't change anything, I still have to write gcc.exe
instead of gcc
.
The strange thing is, other programs like Java work without writing the .exe
extension. It seems like this problem only impacts the executables inside the D:\software\MinGW\bin\
folder.
D:\> set PATH
Path=D:\software\MinGW\bin;C:\Program Files\Python39\Scripts;C:\Program Files\Python39;D:\software\Perl64\bin;C:\Users\Jacopo\AppData\Roaming\ActiveState\bin;D:\software\VMWare\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH;D:\software\Node;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon;C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\xampp\php;C:\ProgramData\ComposerSetup\bin;D:\software\doxygen\bin;C:\xampp\mysql\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Gpg4win..\GnuPG\bin;D:\software\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Windows Performance Toolkit;D:\software\MiKTeX\miktex\bin\x64;D:\software\OpenSSL-Win64\bin;D:\software\Nmap;D:\software\Aliases;D:\software\MinGW\bin;D:\software\Ruby27-x64\bin;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_112\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH;D:\software\Git\cmd;D:\software\Node;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_112\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java;D:\software\Qt\Tools\mingw530_32\bin;D:\software\Qt\5.9.8\winrt_x86_msvc2917\bin;C:\Users\Jacopo\AppData\Roaming\Composer\vendor\bin;D:\software\Docker Toolbox;D:\software\Nmap;
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC
What did I do wrong?
Thank you for your help.
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