mingw-w64 installer “the file has been downloaded incorrectly”

Question

I am trying to install mingw-w64 onto Windows. However I receive an error, \"the file has been downloaded incorrectly\". Redownloading the setup file again from sourceforge does

Answer 1

Old post but same problem, the installer doesn't seem to work.

I give the solution which works for me

You can directly download the archive of MinGW64 with your chosen configuration :

https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/mingw-w64/

Once the compressed file downloaded, you have just to extract and copy/paste the MinGW64 folder( with the pre-compiled librairies) to your chosen folder ( in my case : C:\mingw64)