Include Path error in VS Code

[rishi-pathak]

Hi, I am new to coding and currently struggling with VS Code include path configurations. Would really appreciate any possible help.

I tried running a code but I got an error saying
" #include errors detected. Please update your includePath. Squiggles are disabled for this translation unit (C:\Users\csris\OneDrive\Desktop\Code\Fibonacci)."
and,
cannot open source file "iostream"

I tried configuring my include path and compiler path but nothing is working.

Here is the code I was trying to run

here is my config

[sean-mcmanus]

Remove the system include from your includePath setting. Does that fix your issue?

[sean-mcmanus]

That could help if you're not able to diagnose what is wrong with the logging yourself.

[sean-mcmanus]

You should not have "C:\MINGW\LIB\GCC\MINGW32\6.3.0" in your include path.

[rishi-pathak]

That could help if you're not able to diagnose what is wrong with the logging yourself.

ok here you go

-------- Diagnostics - 18/3/2022, 7:50:56 pm
Version: 1.8.4
Current Configuration:
{
"name": "Win32",
"includePath": [
"${workspaceFolder}/",
"C:\MinGW\lib\gcc\mingw32\6.3.0"
],
"defines": [
"_DEBUG",
"UNICODE",
"_UNICODE"
],
"compilerPath": "C:\MinGW\bin\g++.exe",
"cStandard": "gnu11",
"cppStandard": "gnu++14",
"intelliSenseMode": "clang-x64",
"compilerPathIsExplicit": true,
"cStandardIsExplicit": true,
"cppStandardIsExplicit": true,
"intelliSenseModeIsExplicit": true,
"compilerArgs": [],
"mergeConfigurations": false,
"browse": {
"path": [
"${workspaceFolder}/",
"C:\MinGW\lib\gcc\mingw32\6.3.0"
],
"limitSymbolsToIncludedHeaders": true
}
}
Translation Unit Mappings:
[ C:\Users\csris\OneDrive\Desktop\Code.vscode\Fibonacci ]:
C:\Users\csris\OneDrive\Desktop\Code.vscode\Fibonacci
Translation Unit Configurations:
[ C:\Users\csris\OneDrive\Desktop\Code.vscode\Fibonacci ]:
Process ID: 11692
Memory Usage: 14 MB
Compiler Path: C:\MinGW\bin\g++.exe
Includes:
C:\MINGW\LIB\GCC\MINGW32\6.3.0
C:\MINGW\LIB\GCC\MINGW32\6.3.0\INCLUDE
C:\MINGW\INCLUDE
C:\MINGW\LIB\GCC\MINGW32\6.3.0\INCLUDE-FIXED
C:\MINGW\MINGW32\INCLUDE
Defines:
_DEBUG
UNICODE
_UNICODE
Standard Version: c11
IntelliSense Mode: windows-gcc-x86
Other Flags:
--gcc
--gnu_version=60300
--header_only_fallback
Total Memory Usage: 14 MB

------- Workspace parsing diagnostics -------
Number of files discovered (not excluded): 3216

[rishi-pathak]

You should not have "C:\MINGW\LIB\GCC\MINGW32\6.3.0" in your include path.

I read some articles and they told me to do so ; So what really should I have as I don't know I am just starting out vscode because my 9th grade just ended and wanted to acquire some new skills.

[sean-mcmanus]

You should not have that path added -- it could cause incorrect includes to be picked up. What do you get when you remove that?

Whatever articles you're reading may be outdated or incorrect.

Also, it's highly recommended to use a newer compiler than gcc 6.3. The msys2 with gcc 11.2: see https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-mingw .

Your log diagnostics system includes would look something like

    Compiler Path: C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\g++.exe
    Includes:
        C:\MSYS64\MINGW64\INCLUDE\C++\11.2.0
        C:\MSYS64\MINGW64\INCLUDE\C++\11.2.0\X86_64-W64-MINGW32
        C:\MSYS64\MINGW64\INCLUDE\C++\11.2.0\BACKWARD
        C:\MSYS64\MINGW64\LIB\GCC\X86_64-W64-MINGW32\11.2.0\INCLUDE
        C:\MSYS64\MINGW64\INCLUDE
        C:\MSYS64\MINGW64\LIB\GCC\X86_64-W64-MINGW32\11.2.0\INCLUDE-FIXED
        C:\MSYS64\MINGW64\X86_64-W64-MINGW32\INCLUDE