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docs: improve Windows build variable documentation (#20548)

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* docs: improve Windows build variable documentation

Documents an additional and possibly unclear variable, `DRIVE:`, in the example global variables for building with Windows

* docs: update formatting in build-instructions-windows.md to align with styleguide
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Tierney Cyren 2019-12-05 15:53:50 -08:00 committed by Cheng Zhao
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@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ Follow the guidelines below for building Electron on Windows.
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`
(replace `2019` and `Community` with your installed versions)
* `WINDOWSSDKDIR = DRIVE:\path\to\Windows Kits\10`
* `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:`.
* `WINDOWSSDKDIR = DRIVE:\path\to\Windows Kits\10`, replacing `DRIVE:` with the drive that Windows Kits is on. Often, this will be `C:`.
* [Python 2.7.10 or higher](http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7/)
* Contrary to the `depot_tools` setup instructions linked below, you will need
to use your locally installed Python with at least version 2.7.10 (with