title: Can't run GCC from command prompt even after adding path to the system's environment variable
body: <p><strong>My problem:</strong></p>
  <p>I installed MinGW tools on my windows computer and tried to run gcc from command prompt. I got the following error (in German):</p>
  <pre><code>Der Befehl &quot;gcc&quot; ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder
  konnte nicht gefunden werden.
  </code></pre>
  <p>In English:</p>
  <pre><code>The command 'gcc' is either misspelled or could not be found.
  </code></pre>
  <p><strong>My question:</strong></p>
  <p>Which sources of error do you recommend to take into consideration?</p>
  <p><strong>What i did so far:</strong></p>
  <p>So far, I followed advices that I found on the net and successfully completed the following steps:</p>
  <ol>
  <li><p>I installed the <code>mingw32-base</code> package.</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>I identified the path: <code>C:\MinGW\bin</code></p>
  </li>
  <li><p>I added the latter path to the system's path environment variable. I made sure to use the correct syntax (;).</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>I ran <code>echo %PATH%</code> and checked if the output contains <code>C:\MinGW\bin</code>.</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>I restarted my computer.</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>I closed all open command prompt windows and reopened <code>cmd</code>. I typed <code>gcc</code> again, but encountered the same error.</p>
  </li>
  </ol>
  <p>Note: I also installed Visual Studio Code on my machine, maybe that's a possible source of error?</p>