From 5cf61c9ab4dfb557d142bf6d7473fbd0f9e79bf0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cheng Zhao Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 18:07:20 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add more details on building with VS 2010 Express. --- docs/development/build-instructions-windows.md | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/development/build-instructions-windows.md b/docs/development/build-instructions-windows.md index 3939a9fd2845..80fde2228f32 100644 --- a/docs/development/build-instructions-windows.md +++ b/docs/development/build-instructions-windows.md @@ -3,11 +3,19 @@ ## Prerequisites * Windows 7 or later -* Visual Studio 2010 Express or higher +* Visual Studio 2010 Express or Profissional + * Make sure "X64 Compilers and Tools" are installed if you use the + Profissional edition * [Python 2.7](http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7/) * [node.js](http://nodejs.org/) * [git](http://git-scm.com) +If you are using Visual Studio 2010 __Express__ then you also need following +softwares: + +* [WDK](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=11800) +* [Windows 7 SDK](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8279) + The instructions bellow are executed under [cygwin](http://www.cygwin.com), but it's not a requirement, you can also build atom-shell under Windows's console or other terminals.