CLion erroring on compiling - call stack problem - c

Question

I'm trying to compile a hello world file in clion but I keep getting this error
"C:\Program Files\JetBrains\CLion 2018.3.1\bin\cmake\win\bin\cmake.exe" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -G "CodeBlocks - MinGW Makefiles" C:\Users\NAME\CLionProjects\HelloWorld
CMake Error at C:/Program Files/JetBrains/CLion 2018.3.1/bin/cmake/win/share/cmake-3.13/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake:523 (file):
file STRINGS file
"C:/Users/NAME/CLionProjects/HelloWorld/cmake-build-debug/CMakeFiles/3.13.1/CompilerIdC/a.exe"
cannot be read.
How do I get rid of it?
Image of tooltip section
EDIT:
I keep getting the following compile error:
====================[ Build | HelloWorld | Debug ]==============================
"C:\Program Files\JetBrains\CLion 2018.3.1\bin\cmake\win\bin\cmake.exe" --build C:\Users\ssez\CLionProjects\HelloWorld\cmake-build-debug --target HelloWorld -- -j 4
[ 33%] Linking C executable HelloWorld.exe
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/6.3.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot open output file HelloWorld.exe: Permission denied
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
mingw32-make.exe[3]: * [HelloWorld.exe] Error 1
CMakeFiles\HelloWorld.dir\build.make:99: recipe for target 'HelloWorld.exe' failed
mingw32-make.exe[2]: [CMakeFiles/HelloWorld.dir/all] Error 2
CMakeFiles\Makefile2:71: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/HelloWorld.dir/all' failed
mingw32-make.exe1: [CMakeFiles/HelloWorld.dir/rule] Error 2
CMakeFiles\Makefile2:83: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/HelloWorld.dir/rule' failed
mingw32-make.exe: * [HelloWorld] Error 2
Makefile:117: recipe for target 'HelloWorld' failed

Answer 1

Did you setup the toolchain in CLion after you installed both MinGW and CLion?
File > Settings > Build, Execution, Deployment > Toolchains
CLion can normally autodetect the compilers that it knows about, however I believe that it still has to be told which compiler to look for at first.