To use Cygwin or MinGW debugging features, the debugger path must be set manually in the launch configuration ( launch.json). You can debug Windows applications created using Cygwin or MinGW by using VS Code. Windows: the Visual Studio Windows Debugger or GDB (using Cygwin or MinGW).Visual Studio Code supports the following debuggers for C/C++ depending on the operating system you are using: Configure IntelliSense for cross-compilingĪfter you have set up the basics of your debugging environment as specified in the configuration tutorials for each target compiler/platform, you can learn more details about debugging C/C++ in this section.