How to run C++ code on Visual Studio Code? (Windows)

Question

I spended around 4 hours today trying to compile C++ code in Visual Studio Code, but I did not even progress by a small bit. There are 2 main issues:

• #include errors detected.

• c_cpp_properties.json cannot find "gcc". (That means I cannot compile, or, cannot run the code)

And If I try to use other compilers to compile, It either says that launch program does not exist or provides me other errors.

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I already have mingw64 installed (if that matters), and so what should I do? Is it the .json file which is acting up or what? (I will provide all the files just in case there is something wrong in the files.

c_cpp_properties.json

{
  "configurations": [
    {
      "name": "windows-gcc-x64",
      "includePath": [
        "${workspaceFolder}/**"
      ],
      "compilerPath": "gcc",
      "cStandard": "${default}",
      "cppStandard": "${default}",
      "intelliSenseMode": "windows-gcc-x64",
      "compilerArgs": [
        ""
      ]
    }
  ],
  "version": 4
}

settings.json

{
  "C_Cpp_Runner.cCompilerPath": "gcc",
  "C_Cpp_Runner.cppCompilerPath": "g++",
  "C_Cpp_Runner.debuggerPath": "gdb",
  "C_Cpp_Runner.cStandard": "",
  "C_Cpp_Runner.cppStandard": "",
  "C_Cpp_Runner.msvcBatchPath": "",
  "C_Cpp_Runner.useMsvc": false,
  "C_Cpp_Runner.warnings": [
    "-Wall",
    "-Wextra",
    "-Wpedantic"
  ],
  "C_Cpp_Runner.enableWarnings": true,
  "C_Cpp_Runner.warningsAsError": false,
  "C_Cpp_Runner.compilerArgs": [],
  "C_Cpp_Runner.linkerArgs": [],
  "C_Cpp_Runner.includePaths": [],
  "C_Cpp_Runner.includeSearch": [
    "*",
    "**/*"
  ],
  "C_Cpp_Runner.excludeSearch": [
    "**/build",
    "**/build/**",
    "**/.*",
    "**/.*/**",
    "**/.vscode",
    "**/.vscode/**"
  ]
}

launch.json

{
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "C/C++ Runner: Debug Session",
            "type": "cppdbg",
            "request": "attach",
            "args": [],
            "stopAtEntry": false,
            "externalConsole": true,
            "cwd": "c:/Users/xyccx_mdrrjg8/Documents/Getting Started",
            "program": "${workspaceRoot}/a.out",
            "MIMode": "gcc",
            "miDebuggerPath": "gcc",
            "setupCommands": [
                {
                    "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
                    "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
                    "ignoreFailures": true
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "(Windows) Launch",
            "type": "cppvsdbg",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "enter program name, for example ${workspaceFolder}/a.exe",
            "args": [],
            "stopAtEntry": false,
            "cwd": "${fileDirname}",
            "environment": [],
            "console": "externalTerminal"
        }
    ],
    "version": "2.0.0"
}