How To Install MinGW 64 Bit Windows 7 10 11 C C++ Fix File Has Been Downloaded Incorrectly! Error

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mingw64 for windows 10

How to install MinGW w64 Windows 7 / 10 / Windows 11 GNU compiler (from zip file, hindi, gcc, g++, 64 bit, malayalam) for using C C++ in Visual Studio Code (VSCode) and avoid the dreaded "the file has been downloaded incorrectly!" error that so many people have been getting!

MinGW w64 archive just in case you run into "file downloaded incorrectly" error:

00:00 Fastest way of installing mingw on windows 10 11
00:15 Installing from downloads link on official MinGW site
00:28 Sourceforge link
00:35 Installing MinGW using standard Windows installer
00:40 Install MinGW on your C drive
00:52 The file has been downloaded incorrectly! (and how to fix it)
01:10 Fixing file has been downloaded incorrectly error.
01:25 Downloading the zip archive
01:40 Manually extracting it to C:\MinGW64
02:02 Copy and paste the folder to C:\MinGW64
02:37 Setting MinGW in Environment Variables path
03:33 Testing MinGW's c c++ compiler in cmd (windows 10 command line)
04:00 Verifying MinGW installed version
04:15 Testing c program in MinGW (Minimalist c program using Notepad)
04:38 Running test.c program from command line using gcc compiler

[hiltzssstrategist]

people having the isse of not getting what he is typing
you see this ( C:\Users\somename> ), and could not switch to C drive path way just type ( cd\ ) after the ( C:\Users\somename> ).

example:
first line after opening command prompt (C:\Users\somename>)

execute this:
C:\Users\somename>cd\

result
C:\

Then type
C:\>cd mingw64

result:
C:\mingw64

pleas e pin up the comment so others can get the help :) thanks

[Dettol]

Very good! Near perfect walk through and it worked for me - thank you!

[vishalyadav]

Finally after 5-6 hours and you got me the right one Thank You man

[FVT-tnji]

Thanks I was so confused with all the weird installations and terms i had never heard before since I only know java and python. Thank you for this video, it really helped!

[internalcosmos]

Thank you so much for this easy to follow guide. I have spent 2 full hours searching for a solution to this issue. Lots of things out there on this but it was your video that made it work!

[Zenindas]

Thanks for the clear and concise directions. I appreciate it!

[mklosc]

Oh finally... now it works! I ran into some hindi videos first, then some windows 8 etc. finally here!! Thanks a lot!! I still need to make it work on visual studio... one problem at a time ;)

[abelashenafi]

Thank you bro. Straight, easy-to-follow, and clear. Super Awesome

[claytonmoretto]

Thanks very very much for this video. It was clear, concise, directly and easy to follow!

[techdiesel]

thank you bro. I was stuck for wayy too long trying to figure it out. you made it nice and simple. Now it works

[confirmingselection]

Finally after hours of tutorials, your one is the only one that worked

[ghosttogether]

Watch out for File Downloaded Incorrectly error. Just download the zip archive and unpack manually...that does same thing as the installer. Then just make sure to add the path to your mingw directory in Environment Variavles to PATH.

[lordofdawn]

finally it worked! Thank you for the video!

[nilupilu]

thank you so much man, i was going absolutely batshit crazy over this!

[ReasonRaider]

Hello! I have done all of the shown steps exactly as shown and I keep getting. 'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file. when i only have mingw64 in my environment variables. when I have both or just mingw64\bin in my variables it gives me a different error message. I don't know what to do i'm stuck and it seems like it has such a simple answer that I cant cough up.

[uniquename]

It's actually helped, thx a lot buddy 😃

[bonfireatnight]

Thanks so much for this guide! It's difficult to believe, but even after extensive research this was the only source that offered a working solution on how to get MinGW 64 runnning. This really should be easier. Anyway, thanks for sharing!

[MrDeeb]

You don't know how much u helped me
Thank You so Much

[waleedazam]

great work buddy, for me it was very helpful

[divyamvashishth]

After scrolling for many hours with ur help i finally did it
Thank you so much🙂🙂