I have installed cygwin en netbeans

I have installed cygwin in Windows

How can I execute a c file in Windows?

As in compile a C program?

You need to point netbeans to the bin and lib directories of cygwin. I don't remember, but I though netbeans had an option to do that for you automatically.

Windows is not catching GCC at all, when I execute:
gcc --version

I get the message GCC not recognized in cm

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Originally Posted by jenniferruurs

Windows is not catching GCC at all, when I execute:
gcc --version

I get the message GCC not recognized in cm

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Instead of hassling with Cygwin you may be better off using Windows subsystem for Linux (assuming you have Windows 10)

Install Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on Windows 10 | Microsoft Docs

make sure you are in the directory containing gcc.exe or set your path as a global variable. You could also try: Getting Started | MinGW