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								docs: update build prerequisites ( #47696 )  
							
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							Co-authored-by: trop[bot] <37223003+trop[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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							2025-07-09 12:31:52 +02:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Erick Zhao 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	
	
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								docs: unify [!NOTE] structure ( #46893 )  
							
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							* docs: unify [!NOTE] structure
* Update docs/api/command-line.md
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* Update docs/api/browser-window.md
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* Update docs/api/download-item.md
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* Update docs/api/global-shortcut.md
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							2025-05-09 14:36:42 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Milan Burda 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	
	
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								docs: update external links ( #39421 )  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2023-08-10 11:55:52 +02:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									George Xu 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	
	
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								docs: update visual studio min version ( #36702 )  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2022-12-22 11:48:48 -08:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									David Sanders 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	
	
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								docs: remove pywin32 mention in Windows build instructions ( #35940 )  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2022-10-10 03:01:11 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									David Sanders 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	
	
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								docs: remove pywin32 from Windows build instructions ( #33402 )  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2022-03-24 09:09:12 -04:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									David Sanders 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	
	
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								docs: update links to Chromium source ( #33309 )  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2022-03-17 13:45:55 +01:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									George Xu 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	
	
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								Chore: update Windows build instructions ( #29342 )  
							
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							update "Change" to "Modify" to reflect the actual options the user sees when opening visual studio installer 
							
						 
						
							2021-05-26 14:19:43 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Mark Lee 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	
	
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								docs(build-instructions): clarify that these are for building Electron itself ( #28674 )  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2021-04-19 11:50:00 -04:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									David Sanders 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	
	
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								docs: tidy up links ( #26292 )  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2020-11-02 18:58:14 +09:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									David Sanders 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	
	
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								docs: can use depot_tools Python for Windows build ( #26184 )  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2020-10-28 16:06:32 -04:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									David Sanders 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	
	
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								docs: Windows Security modifies Chromium checkout ( #26151 )  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2020-10-26 11:51:21 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Tierney Cyren 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	6df7bd63e4  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								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 
							
						 
						
							2019-12-06 08:53:50 +09:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Samuel Attard 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	
	
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								build: remove debug builds ( #21016 )  
							
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							* build: remove debug builds
* Update docs/development/debugging-instructions-macos.md
Co-Authored-By: Robo <hop2deep@gmail.com> 
							
						 
						
							2019-11-07 11:51:44 -08:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Erick Zhao 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	2cac40444b  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								docs: clarify VS installation instructions for Windows builds ( #20236 )  
							
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							* docs: note required step for VS in Windows build
* docs: add instructions for custom VS location
* lint?
* link chromium docs 
							
						 
						
							2019-09-17 10:23:56 -04:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Micha Hanselmann 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	9b1f698770  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								docs: mention QuickEdit in Windows troubleshooting ( #19701 )  
							
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							* shot a trouble
* change title 
							
						 
						
							2019-08-14 14:23:12 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Jeremy Apthorp 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	
	
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								docs: add troubleshooting note about pywin32 ( #17216 )  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2019-03-05 10:40:52 -08:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Tomas Rycl 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	1db4dd68a7  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								Troubleshooting for Windows Driver Kit ( #16405 )  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2019-01-23 12:34:18 -08:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									SamvelRaja 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	34c1727cb3  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								docs: fix typo in build instructions for windows ( #16414 )  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2019-01-15 21:58:39 -08:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Michelle Tilley 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	46c2953edb  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								doc: Update Windows build instructions to include debugging tools ( #15765 )  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2018-11-20 01:08:25 -05:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Simone Cattaneo 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	f2d3d55e95  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								docs: changed German link with English one for Windows SDK Archive ( #15764 )  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2018-11-20 01:03:03 -05:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Martin Mädler 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	a4fefbe836  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								docs: update Windows build instructions ( #14797 )  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2018-10-22 16:40:39 -04:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Jeremy Apthorp 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	b35c8e4e1e  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								docs: update instructions for building win32 target ( #14560 )  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2018-09-12 12:05:51 +10:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Jeremy Apthorp 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	72526927d9  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								build: remove gyp build files ( #14097 )  
							
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							* build: remove gyp build files
* docs: update build instructions
* build: temporary restore electron.gyp
* build: do not update Electron version in the electron.gyp
* chore: remove unused submodules
* ci: remove obsolete CI scripts and configs
* chore: remove obsolete scripts
* chore: remove obsolete functions from lib/util.py
* ci: send Slack notification for nightly build results 
							
						 
						
							2018-09-09 10:15:32 +09:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Shelley Vohr 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	
	
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								refactor: add 'npm run bootstrap', 'npm run build' ( #14034 )  
							
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							* docs: update package.json and build docs
* fix build release
* address feedback from review
* whoops forgot one
* fix build script
* address feedback from review 
							
						 
						
							2018-08-12 14:01:46 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Jeremy Apthorp 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	
	
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								docs: min windows server version for building is 2012 ( #13935 )  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2018-08-03 17:32:07 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Jeremy Apthorp 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	
	
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								docs: recommend windows 10 as the minimum build OS  
							
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							I'm pretty sure building on windows 7 doesn't work. 
							
						 
						
							2018-08-03 15:42:12 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									John Kleinschmidt 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	87f34ccda4  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								Update Windows VS2017 requirement ( #13663 )  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2018-07-13 17:43:27 -05:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Jeremy Apthorp 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	57d365a9f4  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								Update build-instructions-windows.md  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2018-06-21 12:10:33 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Charles Kerr 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	
	
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								Remove more words ( #12852 )  
							
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							* remove 'basically' from docs
* remove 'simply' from docs
* remove most uses of 'just' from docs 
							
						 
						
							2018-05-08 00:16:09 -05:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									bughit 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	37eccbcd33  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								Update 3 (of Visual Studio 2017) is leftover from 2015 ( #12372 )  
							
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							does not apply to 2017
it's not clear to me that it's possible to download a non current version of vs2017
but if a specific version is required the directions should explain how to get it 
							
						 
						
							2018-03-20 16:15:59 -05:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Cheng Zhao 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	42938de973  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								Build with Visual Studio 2017  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2018-03-20 10:13:16 +03:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Tiago Danin 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
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								[Docs] Fix URLs and Paths ( #11584 )  
							
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							* Fix URLs and Paths in docs/
* Avoiding link break to /docs/development/updgrading-chrome.md
* Fix URLs and Paths in docs/ #2 
* Removed double spaces in docs 
							
						 
						
							2018-01-12 10:24:48 -05:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Charles Kerr 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	1b0c1842ca  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								prefer sh to bash in the docs  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2017-11-24 11:13:57 +01:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Vanessa Yuen 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	435e027dc3  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								fix linting for fenced codeblocks only (see  electron/electronjs.org#868 )  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2017-11-20 14:33:25 +08:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Robin Andersson 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
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								📝  Updated with link to VS 2015  
							
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							The previous link pointed to VS 2017 download location. 
							
						 
						
							2017-10-10 21:33:14 +02:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Kevin Sawicki 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	9acd9e878c  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								Mention downloading debugging tools for windows  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2017-04-21 08:37:01 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Kevin Sawicki 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	2d638e5da7  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								Add option to clean.py to only remove dist and out dirs  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2017-03-20 10:33:04 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Adham Saad 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	8060b0966f  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								🐛   #8919  - fix typo  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2017-03-17 20:47:20 +02:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Adham Saad 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	487a195320  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								🐛   #8919  - add new command to the docs  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2017-03-17 20:44:18 +02:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Birunthan Mohanathas 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	b145131505  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								Mention VS2015 Update 3 to match CI environment  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2017-01-20 07:19:43 +02:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Zeke Sikelianos 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	a8e59ccd3d  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								fix links to testing docs  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2016-10-11 14:22:48 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Zeke Sikelianos 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	a4832c304e  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								unify testing docs for all platforms  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2016-10-11 14:22:48 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Kevin Sawicki 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	a723d17f49  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								Mention cleaning on all three platforms  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2016-09-21 11:10:52 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Cheng Zhao 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	89de791e9d  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								docs: Mention the --msvs  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2016-07-26 17:42:12 +09:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Cheng Zhao 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	b34deb1d2f  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								docs: x64 is the default build  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2016-07-26 17:40:58 +09:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Jonathan Sampson 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	7baf7372af  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								modern.ie is no longer in use  
							
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							The URL exists for historical reasons, but is no longer the primary URL for developer resources. 
							
						 
						
							2016-07-05 19:34:33 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Felix Rieseberg 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	2a7590529e  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								📝  Update Windows Build Instructions  
							
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							Closes  #5655  
						
							2016-05-24 06:12:07 -07:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Plusb Preco 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	4f4277e25e  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								📝  Fix coding style issues  
							
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							* Adjust line length to `80`
* Normalize whitespaces
[ci skip] 
							
						 
						
							2016-04-22 22:54:43 +09:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Kevin Sawicki 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
							
							
	102f7e8e33  
						 
						
							
							
								
								
								Update docs for new org  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2016-04-04 12:05:53 -07:00