avr-gcc.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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Hello, I've just bought my fist UNO. The USB driver is installed and working ok.

I'm trying to upload the BLINK example.

I've opened the file and clicked COMPILE

Then I get this?

avr-gcc.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close

I'm stuck straight away, can someone advise please?

Windows XP pro 2002
Celeron 2.66Ghz
IDE 1.6.5

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It seems to be a Windows problem not a avr-gcc.exe problem.
Did you already tried to use in another computer?

3

Yes, on my laptop the compile & upload works!

But the avr-gcc.exe seems to be installed in the arduino directory?
I have not seen this problem before I installed the arduino IDE.
Do you know what avr-gcc does?

4

Do you know what avr-gcc does?

AVR-GCC is a compiler that takes C language high level code and creates a binary source which can be uploaded into an AVR micro controller.

5

I've fixed the problem.

I ran the unzip program again and when it asked me to over-write the existing programs, I clicked 'yes'.
After that the arduino compiles and uploads on my main PC