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I've just downloaded and put to run Eclipse C++, in Windows, as well as MinGW (I've set its bin/ directory in the PATH variable).

When trying to compile a Hello World program, I get the following error:

**** Build of configuration Default for project tests ****

(Cannot run program "make" (in directory "D:\lixo\eclipse_cpp\workspace\tests"): CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified)

Trying to run the make command from the command line yielded nothing, so I figured out that MinGW's make was called MinGW32_make.exe. I've renamed the file to make.exe, but the problem persists.

What am I missing?

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for me it is mingw32-make.exe –  marcus hatchenson Feb 26 '12 at 17:32
yes, that's how it was here, too. –  devoured elysium Feb 26 '12 at 17:45
im on a 64bits eclipse. could that be an issue? –  devoured elysium Feb 26 '12 at 17:48
I had issues with eclipse cdt using the 64bit version. I decided to switch to 32bit version. I don't know if this will solve your problem though. If you decide to go 32bit you have to download 32bit java too. –  marcus hatchenson Feb 26 '12 at 17:56
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Run the 32bit Eclipse instead, and make sure you're running a MinGW toolchain.

Not a solution, but a generally good enough workaround.

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