Question

I am trying to compile a c++ file.

How do you configure gVIM to make/compile files using mingw32-make.exe

I get a shell returned 2 error and No targets specified and no makefile found
another thing i have noticed is that it’s passing a C:\..\LOCALS~1\TEMP\something.tmp 2>&1 folder to mingw32-make.exe

Answer 1

On the vim command line:

:set makeprg=c:/path/to/mingw32-make.exe

Once you have it working, put the set command in .vimrc

Edit:
Is there a file named Makefile in the current directory?
If not, create Makefile in the current directory and have it call your makefile.

For example, if you build your software with mingw32-make project.mak create Makefile with contents something like this:

all:
    mingw32-make project.mak