How to use GNU Make on Windows?

Explanation

Inside directory C:\MinGW\bin there is an executable file mingw32-make.exe which is the program make you are trying to run. You can use the keyword mingw32-make and run the program make since you have added the needed directory to the system path, but it is not an easy to remember keyword.

Solution

Renaming the file from mingw32-make.exe to make.exe will allow you to run program make using the keyword make.

Renaming can be done:

1. Manually by right clicking and renaming the file.
2. By running the command copy c:\MinGW\bin\mingw32-make.exe c:\MinGW\bin\make.exe.

Result

Now if you type make on command prompt it should output something like:

make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.

Which means the program make ran.