C++ Launch config for VSCode

c_cpp_properties.json

{
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Win32",
            "includePath": [
                "${workspaceFolder}/**"
            ],
            "defines": [
                "_DEBUG",
                "UNICODE",
                "_UNICODE"
            ],
            "compilerPath": "your c++ compiler path",
            "intelliSenseMode": "msvc-x64"
        }
    ],
    "version": 4
}

launch.json

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "C++ Launch",
            "type": "cppdbg",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/a.exe",
            "args": [],
            "stopAtEntry": false,
            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
            "environment": [],
            "externalConsole": true,
            "MIMode": "gdb",
            "miDebuggerPath": "path to gdb.exe (MinGW64\\bin\\gdb.exe) ",
            "setupCommands": [
                {
                    "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
                    "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
                    "ignoreFailures": true
                }
            ],
            "preLaunchTask": "task 1"
        }
    ]
}

task.json

{
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
        {
            "label": "task 1",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "g++",
            "args": [
                "-g", "your cpp file"
            ],
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": true
            }
        }
    ]
}