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Expand Up @@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ To successfully complete this tutorial, you must do the following:

1. Install the Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC) compiler toolset.

If you have a recent version of Visual Studio, open the Visual Studio Installer from the Windows Start menu and verify that the C++ workload is checked. If it's not installed, then check the box and select the **Modify** button in the installer.
If you have a recent version of Visual Studio, open the Visual Studio Installer from the Windows Start menu and verify that the C++ workload is checked. Verify also that the MSVC build tools and a Windows SDK are selected. If any of those components are not installed, check the appropriate boxes and select the **Modify** button in the installer.

You can also install the **Desktop development with C++** workload without a full Visual Studio IDE installation. From the Visual Studio [Downloads](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/#remote-tools-for-visual-studio-2022) page, scroll down until you see **Tools for Visual Studio** under the **All Downloads** section and select the download for **Build Tools for Visual Studio 2022**.

![Build Tools for Visual Studio download](images/msvc/build-tools-for-vs-2022.png)

This will launch the Visual Studio Installer, which will bring up a dialog showing the available Visual Studio Build Tools workloads. Check the **Desktop development with C++** workload and select **Install**.
This will launch the Visual Studio Installer, which will bring up a dialog showing the available Visual Studio Build Tools workloads. Check the **Desktop development with C++** workload, ensure that the MSVC build tools and a Windows SDK are selected, then select **Install**.

![Cpp build tools workload](images/msvc/desktop_development_with_cpp-2022.png)

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