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<h4 class="subsection">3.17.43 i386 and x86-64 Windows Options</h4>

<p><a name="index-i386-and-x86_002d64-Windows-Options-2073"></a>
These additional options are available for Windows targets:

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<dt><code>-mconsole</code><dd><a name="index-mconsole-2074"></a>This option is available for Cygwin and MinGW targets.  It
specifies that a console application is to be generated, by
instructing the linker to set the PE header subsystem type
required for console applications. 
This is the default behavior for Cygwin and MinGW targets.

     <br><dt><code>-mcygwin</code><dd><a name="index-mcygwin-2075"></a>This option is available for Cygwin targets.  It specifies that
the Cygwin internal interface is to be used for predefined
preprocessor macros, C runtime libraries and related linker
paths and options.  For Cygwin targets this is the default behavior. 
This option is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

     <br><dt><code>-mno-cygwin</code><dd><a name="index-mno_002dcygwin-2076"></a>This option is available for Cygwin targets.  It specifies that
the MinGW internal interface is to be used instead of Cygwin's, by
setting MinGW-related predefined macros and linker paths and default
library options. 
This option is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

     <br><dt><code>-mdll</code><dd><a name="index-mdll-2077"></a>This option is available for Cygwin and MinGW targets.  It
specifies that a DLL - a dynamic link library - is to be
generated, enabling the selection of the required runtime
startup object and entry point.

     <br><dt><code>-mnop-fun-dllimport</code><dd><a name="index-mnop_002dfun_002ddllimport-2078"></a>This option is available for Cygwin and MinGW targets.  It
specifies that the dllimport attribute should be ignored.

     <br><dt><code>-mthread</code><dd><a name="index-mthread-2079"></a>This option is available for MinGW targets. It specifies
that MinGW-specific thread support is to be used.

     <br><dt><code>-municode</code><dd><a name="index-municode-2080"></a>This option is available for mingw-w64 targets.  It specifies
that the UNICODE macro is getting pre-defined and that the
unicode capable runtime startup code is chosen.

     <br><dt><code>-mwin32</code><dd><a name="index-mwin32-2081"></a>This option is available for Cygwin and MinGW targets.  It
specifies that the typical Windows pre-defined macros are to
be set in the pre-processor, but does not influence the choice
of runtime library/startup code.

     <br><dt><code>-mwindows</code><dd><a name="index-mwindows-2082"></a>This option is available for Cygwin and MinGW targets.  It
specifies that a GUI application is to be generated by
instructing the linker to set the PE header subsystem type
appropriately.

     <br><dt><code>-fno-set-stack-executable</code><dd><a name="index-fno_002dset_002dstack_002dexecutable-2083"></a>This option is available for MinGW targets. It specifies that
the executable flag for stack used by nested functions isn't
set. This is necessary for binaries running in kernel mode of
Windows, as there the user32 API, which is used to set executable
privileges, isn't available.

     <br><dt><code>-mpe-aligned-commons</code><dd><a name="index-mpe_002daligned_002dcommons-2084"></a>This option is available for Cygwin and MinGW targets.  It
specifies that the GNU extension to the PE file format that
permits the correct alignment of COMMON variables should be
used when generating code.  It will be enabled by default if
GCC detects that the target assembler found during configuration
supports the feature. 
</dl>

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