Windows 10 Headers and Libraries

Fetch the SDK installer at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=845298 and use it to download headers and libraries for C++ desktop developments (about 300 MB).

Open bash terminal (e.g. Git bash), cd to the Installers directory and do

# Replace USERNAME by your actual user name
export SDK=C:\Users\USERNAME\Downloads\SDK
for f in *.msi ; do echo "msiexec /a \"$f\" TARGETDIR=$SDK" ; done >a.bat

Open Windows command prompt and execute

@echo off
a.bat

The headers and libraries should be available in C:\Users\USERNAME\Downloads\SDK.

MSVC Headers and Libraries (Without Admin)

Fetch the file visualstudio.15.release.chman at https://aka.ms/vs/15/release and look for URL to visualstudio.vsman in that file e.g. http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/6/3/86383155-3307-43F2-B7C9-F4F9EC213623/visualstudio.vsman Download the file visualstudio.vsman

Compile our program vcinstaller.cpp for example with our DevMax and C++ Compiler or if you trust us, fetch our binary releases Put the program in the same folder containing visualstudio.vsman and run it to produce the two scripts

• The shell script vc_download.sh to download the packages: Download wget and run this script.
• The batch script vc_install.bat to install the packages: After download script completes, open Windows command prompt, do set VCINSTALLDIR=C:\Users\USERNAME\Downloads\MSVC and then run this script. As of latest release, they changed all MSI packages to VSIX so the script no longer works.