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📝 Add winget visual studio install to getting started (#87)
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python -m pipx ensurepath
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Install Visual Studio for the rest of the necessary components.
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The download can be found on [Microsoft's website.](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/)
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In order to build packages and applications targeting Windows you must
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install **Visual Studio**. You can install it using `winget` in an admin
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powershell:
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There is no more installation required at this point.
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```powershell
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winget install Microsoft.VisualStudio.2022.BuildTools --override "--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.VCTools --includeRecommended -p --installWhileDownloading"
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```
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Or you can the install found on [visualstudio.microsoft.com](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/).
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There is no more installation required at this point.
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Close and reopen powershell as a normal user now.
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