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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 98687f13fe8..164d7ca555f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -227,6 +227,15 @@ settings for the installer are fine). 7. Install Visual Studio Community 2017 (https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/community/). You MUST add "Visual C++" to the list of installed components as well as the "Windows Universal C runtime." They are not on by default. Visual Studio 2017 MUST installed to the default location or mach.bat will not find it. +Note that version is hard to download online and is easier to install via [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/install#installing-chocolatey) with: +``` +choco install -y visualstudio2017community --package-parameters="'--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Git'" +Update-SessionEnvironment #refreshing env due to Git install + +#--- UWP Workload and installing Windows Template Studio --- +choco install -y visualstudio2017-workload-nativedesktop +``` + ##### [Optional] Install LLVM for faster link times You may experience much faster builds on Windows by following these steps. (Related Rust issue: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/37543) |