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## Prerequisites
* Windows 10 / Server 2012 R2 or higher
* Visual Studio 2017 15.7.2 or higher - [download VS 2019 Community Edition for
free](https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/)
* Visual Studio 2019 (>=16.0.0) to build, but Visual Studio 2022 (>=17.0.0) is preferred - [download VS 2022 Community Edition for free](https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/)
* See [the Chromium build documentation](https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/windows_build_instructions.md#visual-studio) for more details on which Visual Studio
components are required.
* If your Visual Studio is installed in a directory other than the default, you'll need to
set a few environment variables to point the toolchains to your installation path.
* `vs2019_install = DRIVE:\path\to\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community`, replacing `2019` and `Community` with your installed versions and replacing `DRIVE:` with the drive that Visual Studio is on. Often, this will be `C:`.
* `vs2022_install = DRIVE:\path\to\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community`, replacing `2022` and `Community` with your installed versions and replacing `DRIVE:` with the drive that Visual Studio is on. Often, this will be `C:`.
* `WINDOWSSDKDIR = DRIVE:\path\to\Windows Kits\10`, replacing `DRIVE:` with the drive that Windows Kits is on. Often, this will be `C:`.
* [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/download/)
* [Git](https://git-scm.com)