Morten,
thank you. That was really over-obvious.
Anyhow, I ran into the problem that I, when attempting to compile even the tiniest Hello World sample, received a "...invalid compiler [YOUR ANSWER IS ALREADY THERE. SEARCH THE FORUMS!].. skipping..." message. Turned out there were two MINGW directories, one with gcc 4.4.0, one with 3.4.5. Setting the latter as default finally worked.
Now, anytime I create a new project with a console app and compile the program for the first time, the "Hello World" does not appear. Instead, the console window comes up, empty. I then close the console. When I compile the app again, the "Hello World" appears, the process terminates gracefully (exit code 0). Do you happen to know why I have to compile everything twice before it works?
Regards