VScode configuration causes code to not execute

I am returning to learning C and was trying to get a basic code to print something to run, and for some reason, after debugging, and writing in the terminal ./{filename}.exe, I get no output at all, and a message in the terminal that says bash: ./test.exe: No such file or directory. attached below is the configuration of the launch.json

"version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "(gdb) Launch",
            "type": "cppdbg",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/c_projects.exe",
            "args": [],
            "stopAtEntry": false,
            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
            "environment": [],
            "externalConsole": false,
            "MIMode": "gdb",
            "miDebuggerPath": "C:/cygwin64/bin/gdb.exe",
            "setupCommands": [
                {
                    "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
                    "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
                    "ignoreFailures": true

Thanks in advance!