Windows 7 "access denied" for gcc

I am using Cygwin on my windows 7 machine. I open a 'cmd' with administer privileges and type: gcc -Wall -m32 main.c
I get "access denied".

I have checked my environment variables and the 'path' does include C:\cygwin\bin
Has anyone else had this issue and did you find a solution?

In addition my 'make' files act weird in Windows 7. When I type the 'make' command, it runs the 'make clean' section.

any help is appreciated.

BM

I don't have a solution to your cygwin problem, but if your not attached to it, I have never had problems with MinGW+MSYS.

The reason you are getting "access denied":

Code:

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C:\Users\Micke>set PATH=c:\cygwin\bin;%PATH%

C:\Users\Micke>gcc
Access denied.

C:\Users\Micke>file /usr/bin/gcc.exe
/usr/bin/gcc.exe: symbolic link to `/etc/alternatives/gcc'

C:\Users\Micke>file /etc/alternatives/gcc
/etc/alternatives/gcc: symbolic link to `/usr/bin/gcc-4.exe'

C:\Users\Micke>gcc-4
gcc-4: no input files

C:\Users\Micke>bash
bash-3.2$ gcc
gcc: no input files

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Notice that /usr/bin/gcc is a symlink and windows does not support symlinks. (Technically it does; But not in the way cygwin does it)
Either use a cygwin aware shell like bash or sh, or invoke gcc-3.exe or gcc-4.exe directly.

Edit:
Post updated, I was wrong about about why it doesn't work in my original post.

should this thread be in the tech-board?

Agreed - moved.