[news.eclipse.newcomer] cannot get the application running or debugged

[orchidbee08@xxxxxxxxx (Orchid Bee)]

hi all, i am running a Makefile application in Eclipse with CDT and MinGW 
and ODE
libraries.
I am striving for some days to get the application running and i cannot
manage to do it, i tried many things and read many stuff.
if  i run the application , it says 'application_name terminated', doesn't
show anything.
if i debug it , it pops up this message : Execution is suspended because of
an error.  You can't do that without a process to run, while in the console
it's written:
[New thread 2784.0x72c]
gdb: unknown target exception 0xc0000135 at 0x7c9666c6
You can't do that without a process to debug.
The program is not being run.

I have set many parameters, the current ones are:
< Arguments Tab >
> 9) I have no Program arguments and "Use default" is checked for the
> working
> directory.
>
> < Environment Tab >
> 10) Nothing
>
> < Debugger Tab >
> 11) Debugger: MinGW gdb Debugger
> 12) I have the "Stop on startup at" option Unchecked - personnal
> preference
> < Debugger Tab - Main Tab >
> 13) GDB debugger: C:\mingw\bin\gdb.exe
> 14) GDB command file: .gdbinit
> 15) GDB command set: Standard (Windows)
> 16) Protocol: mi
> 17) "Verbose console mode" option Unchecked - personnal preference
> < Debugger Tab - Shared Libraries Tab >
> 19) "Load shared library symbols automatically" option Checked
> 20) "Stop on shared library events" option Unchecked
>
> < Source Tab >
> 21) Nothing
>
> < Common Tab >
> 22) Save as: Local File
> 23) Display in favorites menu: Debug
> 24) Default (Cp1252) encoding
> 25) "Allocate Console (necessary for input)" option Checked - personnal
> preference
> 26) "File" option Unchecked
> 27) "Launch in background" option Checked - personnal preference

i have set the C:\MinGW\bin and c:\Qt\4.3.3\bin path in the Path variable,
added to Trolltech\Eclipse\start.bat the line set
PATH=C:\MinGW\bin;C:\Qt\4.4.0\lib to have the library from Qt, tried
different MinGW compilers and cannot get it to work.
Can anyone further advice me on other alternatives, please? I don't
understand why it doesn't work after so much effort.

Thank you so very much!

Orchid