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How to do a clean reinstall on Windows 10?

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Husoski:
I'm trying to troubleshoot an issue with C::B in an environment with multiple versions of MinGW installed.  (The issue has to do with debug builds not being recognized by gdb, failing with "no executable specified"--and if someone knows something about that, I'd love to hear it--but that's not what this question is about.)

When I first installed 20.03, there was no problem,  except that the install defaulted to an earlier compiler rather than the newer mingw-w64 installed in the bundle.  What I'd like to do is completely reinstall 20.03 from scratch, eliminating any save preferences/settings/compiler options, with only the bundled toolchain used.  I need to keep existing projects and (hopefully) workspaces, but that shouldn't be a problem--right?

So, is there anything I need to do, besides a regular uninstall, to completely remove all IDE configuration info?  And, is there something I need to do on install to keep other MinGW installations from being detected?

stahta01:
Remove the CB configuration files.

That are in the folder "%APPDATA%\CodeBlocks" in Windows OS.

Tim S.

BlueHazzard:

--- Quote --- (The issue has to do with debug builds not being recognized by gdb, failing with "no executable specified"--and if someone knows something about that, I'd love to hear it--but that's not what this question is about.)
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The problem is probably that you are running the wrong debugger with the wrong compiler.
Compiler and GDB have to match.

In codeblocks you can add multiple debugger in settings->debugger->GDB/CDB settings->New configuration

Then if you have a gdb setting for every compiler you can match them with Settings->Compiler->Select the right compiler from the drop down at the top->Toolchain executables->Debugger

If you still have problems check that the right debugger is active for your project in Debug->Active debugger

I do not think, that you can specify a debugger on project level....

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