Question: Attempting to do something very simple - compile basic win 32 c programs through windows cmd. This is something I should be able to do myself, but I am just so stuck here..

I keep stumbling into weird problems, vague errors. I dunno whether I should go into details. 
Using tcc ( tiny c compiler)

1. One simple hellowin.c example from a book required winmm.lib. How do I import it ? can someone give me the exact command for gcc/tcc /any command line compiler for windows(except cygwin) ? I did try various options after reading help , but it kept giving me a can't find stupid error.
2. a sample from platform sdk that I tried to compile gave a - winnt.h "( expected" error. this after a #define \_M\_IX86 . what it means ?
3. any general guide for compiling c programs for windows(win32 api) through command line ? . explaining what all should be #defined ..etc..

I have googled a lot but most of the c compiling guidelines for win32 programs focus on vb .I wanna do it manually , on the command line. 

Thanks

Answer: 
If I create a new project using Visual Studio it #defines the following preprocessor symbols using compiler command-line options:

* `WIN32`
* `_WINDOWS`
* one of either `_DEBUG` or `NDEBUG`
* `UNICODE` and `_UNICODE` (although the Windows headers and libraries also support non-Unicode-enabled applications, if your compiler doesn't support Unicode).

<http://bellard.org/tcc/tcc-doc.html> says "For usage on Windows, see also tcc-win32.txt".
You can try gcc from [equation.com](http://www.equation.com/). It's a mingw wrapped compiler, but you don't have to worry about mingw: just download, install and use. There's no IDE either.

The download page is at [<http://www.equation.com/servlet/equation.cmd?fa=fortran>](http://www.equation.com/servlet/equation.cmd?fa=fortran).