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# Windows
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## Requirements to build native modules
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We rely on Github Actions `windows-latest` plus a few extra utilities as per [the workflow](https://github.com/vector-im/element-desktop/blob/develop/.github/workflows/build_windows.yaml).
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If you want to build native modules, make sure that the following tools are installed on your system.
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- [Git for Windows](https://git-scm.com/download/win)
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- [Node 16](https://nodejs.org)
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- [Python 3](https://www.python.org/downloads/) (if you type 'python' into command prompt it will offer to install it from the windows store)
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- [Strawberry Perl](https://strawberryperl.com/)
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- [Rustup](https://rustup.rs/)
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- [NASM](https://www.nasm.us/)
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- [Build Tools for Visual Studio 2019](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/#build-tools-for-visual-studio-2019) with the following configuration:
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- On the Workloads tab:
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- Desktop & Mobile -> C++ build tools
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- On the Individual components tab:
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- MSVC VS 2019 C++ build tools
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- Windows 10 SDK (latest version available)
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- C++ CMake tools for Windows
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Once installed make sure all those utilities are accessible in your `PATH`.
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If you want to be able to build x86 targets from an x64 host install the right toolchain:
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```cmd
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rustup toolchain install stable-i686-pc-windows-msvc
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rustup target add i686-pc-windows-msvc
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```
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In order to load all the C++ utilities installed by Visual Studio you can run the following in a terminal window.
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```
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call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" amd64
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```
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You can replace `amd64` with `x86` depending on your CPU architecture.
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