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docs: Build for 64bit target on Windows

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* Visual Studio 2013 - [download VS 2013 Community Edition for
free](http://www.visualstudio.com/products/visual-studio-community-vs)
* [Python 2.7](http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7/)
* 32bit [node.js](http://nodejs.org/download/)
* [Node.js](http://nodejs.org/download/)
* [git](http://git-scm.com)
If you don't have a Windows installation at the moment,
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After building is done, you can find `atom.exe` under `out\D`.
## 64bit support
## 64bit build
Currently Electron can only be built for 32bit target on Windows, support for
64bit will come in future.
To build for the 64bit target, you need to pass `--target_arch=x64` when running
the bootstrap script:
```powershell
python script\bootstrap.py -v --target_arch=x64
```
The other building steps are exactly the same.
## Tests