Netbeans C++ Compiler Error

Question

Let me start by saying that I am a Windows 8 user on a HP laptop. So I very recently started an online course in c++ with 'c++ institute'. As recommended by them, I downloaded the MinGW/MSYS package, JDK and NetbBeans IDE version 8.0.2. I followed their installation instructions exactly (including updating the path directory by adding ";C:\\MinGW\\bin;C:\\MinGW\\MSYS\\1.0\\bin") I am now on chapter 3 of the program and everything was going ok until I tried to compile the following code (see below)

/* 
 * File:   hello.cpp
 *
 * Created on 19 May 2015, 18:26
 */

#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>

int main(void) {
    int exp;
    int pow = 1;

    for(exp = 0; exp < 16; exp++) {
    printf("2 to the power of %d is %d\n",exp,pow);
        pow = pow*2;
    }
    return 0;
}

For some reason when I try to compile and run the program I get the following error messages

"/C/MinGW/MSYS/1.0/bin/make.exe" -f nbproject/Makefile-Debug.mk QMAKE=         SUBPROJECTS= .build-conf
make.exe[1]: Entering directory `/c/Users/Philip/Desktop/C++ Course/Hello'
"/C/MinGW/MSYS/1.0/bin/make.exe"  -f nbproject/Makefile-Debug.mk     dist/Debug/MinGW-Windows/hello.exe
make.exe[2]: Entering directory `/c/Users/Philip/Desktop/C++ Course/Hello'
mkdir -p build/Debug/MinGW-Windows
rm -f "build/Debug/MinGW-Windows/hello.o.d"
g++    -c -g -MMD -MP -MF "build/Debug/MinGW-Windows/hello.o.d" -o         build/Debug/MinGW-Windows/hello.o hello.cpp
mkdir -p dist/Debug/MinGW-Windows
g++     -o dist/Debug/MinGW-Windows/hello build/Debug/MinGW-Windows/hello.o 
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.8.1/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot     open output file dist/Debug/MinGW-Windows/hello.exe: Permission denied
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make.exe[2]: *** [dist/Debug/MinGW-Windows/hello.exe] Error 1
make.exe[2]: Leaving directory `/c/Users/Philip/Desktop/C++ Course/Hello'
make.exe[1]: *** [.build-conf] Error 2
make.exe[1]: Leaving directory `/c/Users/Philip/Desktop/C++ Course/Hello'
make.exe": *** [.build-impl] Error 2

BUILD FAILED (exit value 2, total time: 4s)

The code was copied and pasted directly from the course files and it seems to make sense to me. So can anybody tell me what I am doing wrong? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The relevant error message is

 cannot open output file dist/Debug/MinGW-Windows/hello.exe: Permission denied 

Which indicates you do not have write permission on the folder it's attempting to create hello.exe in. Make the dist/Debug/MinGW-Windows folder writable, and that error should be resolved.

Answer 2

https://netbeans.org/community/releases/80/cpp-setup-instructions.html#compilers_windows

Try by instructions given over here.