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# Build Instructions (Windows)
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Follow the guidelines below for building Electron on Windows.
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## Prerequisites
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* Windows 10 / Server 2012 R2 or higher
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* Visual Studio 2017 15.7.2 or higher - [download VS 2017 Community Edition for
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free](https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/)
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* [Python 2.7](http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7/)
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* [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/download/)
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* [Git](http://git-scm.com)
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* [Debugging Tools for Windows](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff551063.aspx)
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if you plan on creating a full distribution since `symstore.exe` is used for
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creating a symbol store from `.pdb` files.
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If you don't currently have a Windows installation,
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[dev.microsoftedge.com](https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/)
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has timebombed versions of Windows that you can use to build Electron.
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Building Electron is done entirely with command-line scripts and cannot be done
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with Visual Studio. You can develop Electron with any editor but support for
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building with Visual Studio will come in the future.
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**Note:** Even though Visual Studio is not used for building, it's still
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**required** because we need the build toolchains it provides.
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## Building
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See [Build Instructions: GN](build-instructions-gn.md)
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## 32bit Build
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To build for the 32bit target, you need to pass `--target_arch=ia32` when
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running the bootstrap script:
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```powershell
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$ python script\bootstrap.py -v --target_arch=ia32
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```
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The other building steps are exactly the same.
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## Visual Studio project
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To generate a Visual Studio project, you can pass the `--ide=vs2017` parameter
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to `gn gen`:
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```powershell
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$ gn gen out/Debug --ide=vs2017
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```
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## Troubleshooting
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### Command xxxx not found
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If you encountered an error like `Command xxxx not found`, you may try to use
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the `VS2015 Command Prompt` console to execute the build scripts.
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### Fatal internal compiler error: C1001
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Make sure you have the latest Visual Studio update installed.
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### LNK1181: cannot open input file 'kernel32.lib'
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Try reinstalling 32bit Node.js.
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### Error: ENOENT, stat 'C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\npm'
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Creating that directory [should fix the problem](https://stackoverflow.com/a/25095327/102704):
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```powershell
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$ mkdir ~\AppData\Roaming\npm
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```
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### node-gyp is not recognized as an internal or external command
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You may get this error if you are using Git Bash for building, you should use
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PowerShell or VS2015 Command Prompt instead.
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### cannot create directory at '...': Filename too long
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node.js has some [extremely long pathnames](https://github.com/electron/node/tree/electron/deps/npm/node_modules/libnpx/node_modules/yargs/node_modules/read-pkg-up/node_modules/read-pkg/node_modules/load-json-file/node_modules/parse-json/node_modules/error-ex/node_modules/is-arrayish), and by default git on windows doesn't handle long pathnames correctly (even though windows supports them). This should fix it:
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```sh
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$ git config --system core.longpaths true
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```
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