Ok, this might be a stupid question but...
I've downloaded the win64 version of cpuminer from the first page in this thread, and I try running it with a batch file containing:
$ ./minerd --url=stratum+tcp://useast.middlecoin.com:3333 --userpass=my.worker:password
as in the first page.
CPU miner very quickly opens then shuts again too quickly to read what is in the terminal. I get the same response when I run:
$ ./minerd --help
Try minerd.exe
The ./minerd is for Linux/UNIX/Mac (specifying ./ means "in this directory" for executables).
$ means just the commandline prompt in Linux. Windows equivalent would be C:\