include errors detected in vscode

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I am using Visual Studio Code in my C   project  I installed Microsoft C C   Extension for VS Code  I got the following error       include errors detected  Please update your includePath  IntelliSense features for this translation unit   path to project file cpp  will be provided by the Tag Parser

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In my case I did not need to close the whole VS-Code  closing the opened file  and sometimes even saving it  solved the issue

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For Windows    Please add this directory to your environment variable Path         C  mingw-w64 x86 64-8 1 0-win32-seh-rt v6-rev0 mingw64 bin     For Include errors detected  mention the path of your include folder into        includePath        C  mingw-w64 x86 64-8 1 0-win32-seh-rt v6-rev0 mingw64 include         as this is the path from where the compiler fetches the library to be included in your program

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Tried these solutions and many others over 1 hour  Ended up with closing VS Code and opening it again  That s simple

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I ended up here after struggling for a while  but actually what I was missing was just      If a  include file or one of its dependencies cannot be found  you can also click on the red squiggles under the include statements to view suggestions for how to update your configuration      source  https   code visualstudio com docs languages cpp  intellisense

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The error message  Please update your includePath  does not necessarily mean there is actually a problem with the includePath   The problem may be that VSCode is using the wrong compiler or wrong IntelliSense mode   I have written instructions in this answer on how to troubleshoot and align your VSCode C   configuration with your compiler and project

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For Windows     1 Install  Mingw-w64  2 Then Edit environment variables for your account  C  mingw-w64 x86 64-8 1 0-win32-seh-rt v6-rev0 mingw64 bin   3 Reload   For MAC   1 Open search  command   shift  P  and run this code    c c   edit configurations  ui      2 open file c cpp properties json and update the includePath from    workspaceFolder      to    workspaceFolder  inc

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Left mouse click on the bulb of error line Click Edit Include path Then this window popup      Just set Compiler path

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If someone have this problem  maybe you just have to install build-essential   apt install build-essential

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After closing and reopening VS  this should resolve

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I was trying a hello world program  and this line    include  lt stdio h gt    was underlined green  I tried    Deleting the line Re-writing the line Clicking the yellow bulb and choosing to update   fixed the error warning  i don t know if it fixed the actual problem  But then i m compiling via a linux VM on Windows 10

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The answer is here  How to use C Cpp extension and add includepath to configurations  Click the light bulb and then edit the JSON file which is opened  Choose the right block corresponding to your platform  there are Mac  Linux  Win32     ms-vscode cpptools version  3   Update paths in includePath  matters if you compile with VS Code  or browse paths  matters if you navigate with VS Code  or both  Thanks to  Francesco Borz    I will append his answer here  You have to Left  click on the bulb next to the squiggled code line   If a  include file or one of its dependencies cannot be found  you can also click on the red squiggles under the include statements to view suggestions for how to update your configuration

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