Problem with Visual Studio Code

[amber fern]

Hello! I am learning C++ and I was searching for an IDE. I downloaded the most "famous" which is Visual Studio Code. I downloaded the compiler the website had, following the instructions step by step. I opened a folder, made a file, saved it as .cpp and started doing some very simple coding (some inputs, outputs etc). But when I clicked run, I have this error: The preLaunchTask 'C/C++: gcc.exe build active file' terminated with exit code -1.
Does anybody know how to fix this?
When I click : Debug Anyway I get the error that says:

launch: program '{Directory}' does not exist

[agile aurora]

Can you send a link to the instructions you read? and the projects file structure?

[amber fern]

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-mingw

[amber fern]

The link is from the instructions

[fickle jetty]

Don’t click run. Use you terminal and compile and run yourself the file from the terminal. I never use VSCode built in run for C or C++ (only for Python). You need to configure it but imo it is a waste of time, and I rather use the CLI

This will also avoid you to run in those kind of errors.

If you really wants to use the built in run, it would be useful to also send your config file.

[amber fern]

I downloaded Visual Studio Community and I am running in an issue where I want to download workloads and it automatically sends them to install in C: where I don't have space

I changed the path from Registry but still does the same thing

[noble basin]

u can remove a bunch of stuff which is optional uk