Running C/C++ code with VS code always throw "exited with code=1 in 0.123 seconds" - c++

Question

I am trying to set up VScode to be able to the "Code Runner" package for C and C++ code with the Code Runner package, but it would always error with:
[Running] cd "d:\Desktop\Programming\For_fun\tester\" && g++ practice.cpp -o practice && "d:\Desktop\Programming\For_fun\tester\"practice
[Done] exited with code=1 in 0.123 seconds
I have discovered that compiling and running with wsl and ubuntu would work, but regular command prompt wouldn't. I presume that is a big indicator of what the problem is, but I have no idea how to resolve it or even start googling.
I am on Windows 10
This is my code:
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int main() {
cout << "Hello World!\n";
return 0;
}
And these are the results of me trying to confirm whether I have the relevant packages installed:
PS D:\Desktop\Programming\For_fun\tester> c++ --version
c++.exe (MinGW.org GCC Build-20200227-1) 9.2.0
Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
PS D:\Desktop\Programming\For_fun\tester> gcc --version
gcc.exe (Rev5, Built by MSYS2 project) 10.3.0
Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
PS D:\Desktop\Programming\For_fun\tester> g++ --version
g++.exe (MinGW.org GCC Build-20200227-1) 9.2.0
Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Thanks!

Answer 1

It doesn't work. But I fixed the problem: Basically, I used the windows finder to find all instances of gcc.exe and deleted the folders within my program files that house them. Then I removed their paths from my environment variables. Finally, I did a clean reinstall of gcc-core and gcc-g++ through cygwin and it worked