Cygwin as C++ Compiler

I am using Cygwin on Windows 7 with PSPad and am trying to set up the compiler in highlighter settings to compile an executable of C++ code.

I have followed an example way of doing this, but I cannot get it to compile, even though I have set up the paths correctly.

When I use

/C "set PATH=%PATH%;C:\cygwin\bin\; & make"

I get the message:

make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
Process completed, Exit Code 2.
Execution time: 00:00.136

I then changed the parameters to

/C "set PATH=%PATH%;C:\cygwin\bin\; & g++"

and then I just get the message:

Access is denied.
Process completed, Exit Code 1.
Execution time: 00:00.036

Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks.