Failed to update MinGW on Windows 7

The version GCCon my computer running Windows 7 4.6.2, and I want to update it. However, I cannot do this both from the command line and from a version of the GUI named MinGW Installation Manager.

When trying from the command line, I did the following:

  • mingw-get update # worked fine and updated packages
  • mingw-get upgrade # threw a pop-up message: "mingw-get.exe stops working. Windows checks the solution to the problem .."

When I tried from the MinGW GUI installation manager, I did the following:

  • Menu Bar -> Installation -> Update Catalogue # worked fine and updated packages
  • Menu Bar -> Installation -> Mark All Upgrades # threw a pop-up message: "The MinGW installation manager stops working. Windows checks the solution to the problem .."

I checked that the installation directory was C:\MinGW\binadded as an environment variable PATH.

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