Compiling a Win32 GUI app (without a console) using MinGW and Eclipse

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For gcc on Windows, two things should be considered to build a non-console Windows app:

  1. Compiler option -mwindows
  2. Have WinMain()

It is possible, however, to manually specify -Wl,-subsystem,windows to the linker and include gdi32 and comdlg32 into the build. This is exactly what -mwindows automates.

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