Quickfix Window not Opening Automatically

Question

I have realized that the quickfix window isn't opening automatically when it's supposed to. I have tested this on both Gvim and vim 7.4 on Windows 10 Version 10.0.10586 Build 10586. I have a few plugins installed but I want to know how I might debug this first before I strip my vim configuration down to a minimum working example. Where do I start looking for the problem?

VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Feb 18 2016 07:00:12)
MS-Windows 32-bit GUI version
Included patches: 1-1345
Compiled by jrinehar@JRINEHAR
Huge version with GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl                +emacs_tags         +modify_fname       -sun_workshop
+arabic             +eval               +mouse              +syntax
+autocmd            +ex_extra           +mouseshape         +tag_binary
+balloon_eval       +extra_search       +multi_byte_ime/dyn +tag_old_static
+browse             +farsi              +multi_lang         -tag_any_white
++builtin_terms     +file_in_path       -mzscheme           -tcl
+byte_offset        +find_in_path       +netbeans_intg      -tgetent
+channel            +float              -ole                -termresponse
+cindent            +folding            +path_extra         +textobjects
+clientserver       -footer             -perl               +title
+clipboard          +gettext/dyn        +persistent_undo    +toolbar
+cmdline_compl      -hangul_input       -postscript         +user_commands
+cmdline_hist       +iconv/dyn          +printer            +vertsplit
+cmdline_info       +insert_expand      +profile            +virtualedit
+comments           +job                +python/dyn         +visual
+conceal            +jumplist           -python3            +visualextra
+cryptv             +keymap             +quickfix           +viminfo
+cscope             +langmap            +reltime            +vreplace
+cursorbind         +libcall            +rightleft          +wildignore
+cursorshape        +linebreak          -ruby               +wildmenu
+dialog_con_gui     +lispindent         +scrollbind         +windows
+diff               +listcmds           +signs              +writebackup
+digraphs           +localmap           +smartindent        -xfontset
-directx            +lua/dyn            -sniff              -xim
-dnd                +menu               +startuptime        -xterm_save
-ebcdic             +mksession          +statusline         +xpm_w32
   system vimrc file: "$VIM\vimrc"
     user vimrc file: "$HOME\_vimrc"
 2nd user vimrc file: "$HOME\vimfiles\vimrc"
 3rd user vimrc file: "$VIM\_vimrc"
      user exrc file: "$HOME\_exrc"
  2nd user exrc file: "$VIM\_exrc"
  system gvimrc file: "$VIM\gvimrc"
    user gvimrc file: "$HOME\_gvimrc"
2nd user gvimrc file: "$HOME\vimfiles\gvimrc"
3rd user gvimrc file: "$VIM\_gvimrc"
    system menu file: "$VIMRUNTIME\menu.vim"
Compilation: gcc -Iproto -DWIN32 -DWINVER=0x0500 -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0500 -DHAVE_PATHDEF -DFEAT_HUGE -DHAVE_GETTEXT -DHAVE_LOCALE_H -DDYNAMIC_GETTEXT -DFEAT_CSCOPE -DFEAT_NETBEANS_INTG -DFEAT_CHANNEL -DFEAT_GUI_W32 -DFEAT_CLIPBOARD -DFEAT_MBYTE -DFEAT_MBYTE_IME -DDYNAMIC_IME -DDYNAMIC_ICONV -pipe -w -march=i686 -Wall -IC:/Lua/include -IC:/Lua -DFEAT_LUA -DDYNAMIC_LUA -DDYNAMIC_LUA_DLL="lua53.dll" -DFEAT_PYTHON  -DDYNAMIC_PYTHON -DDYNAMIC_PYTHON_DLL="python27.dll" -DFEAT_XPM_W32 -I xpm/x86/include -I xpm/x86/../include -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -freg-struct-return -s
Linking: gcc -Iproto -DWIN32 -DWINVER=0x0500 -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0500 -DHAVE_PATHDEF -DFEAT_HUGE -DHAVE_GETTEXT -DHAVE_LOCALE_H -DDYNAMIC_GETTEXT -DFEAT_CSCOPE -DFEAT_NETBEANS_INTG -DFEAT_CHANNEL -DFEAT_GUI_W32 -DFEAT_CLIPBOARD -DFEAT_MBYTE -DFEAT_MBYTE_IME -DDYNAMIC_IME -DDYNAMIC_ICONV -pipe -w -march=i686 -Wall -IC:/Lua/include -IC:/Lua -DFEAT_LUA -DDYNAMIC_LUA -DDYNAMIC_LUA_DLL="lua53.dll" -DFEAT_PYTHON  -DDYNAMIC_PYTHON -DDYNAMIC_PYTHON_DLL="python27.dll" -DFEAT_XPM_W32 -I xpm/x86/include -I xpm/x86/../include -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -freg-struct-return -s -mwindows -o gvim.exe -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -ladvapi32 -lcomdlg32 -lcomctl32 -lversion -lwsock32 -Lxpm/x86/lib -lXpm -lole32 -luuid

Answer 1

In BuildToolWrappers, I have encapsulated :make + :cwindow behind another :Make command. (the command does many more things, but this is the part you are looking for)

Answer 2

I had this problem when I had multiple versions of it, one for gvim and other for vim. Please check if it works for one version or the other. For me it was set nocompatible in .vimrc that forbid the cwindow for non-gvim version.