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Remove Windows 8.1 SDK references in build doc (#2212)
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Avasam committed Apr 11, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Locate the "Desktop development with C++" section:

Ensure the following components are installed:
* VC++ 2015.3 v14.00 (v140) toolset for desktop
* Windows 8.1 SDK and UCRT SDK
* Windows 10 SDK and UCRT SDK
* Visual C++ MFC for x86 and x64

if you want to cross-compile for ARM, you will need at least the following (from "Individual Components")
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(You should be able to check everything you need is installed by opening a
command prompt and executing:

% "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x86_amd64 8.1 -vcvars_ver=14.0
% "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x86_amd64 10.0.18362.0 -vcvars_ver=14.0

if that works, then executing:

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should report the compiler version:
> Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 19.00.24234.1 for x64
)

Note however that it's *not* necessary to configure the environment in this
way to build pywin32 - it's build process should find these tools automatically.

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