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# Step by Step Visual Studio 2019 Instructions
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+### Install the tools
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Install Visual Studio Community 2019 from [visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/). Older versions are not supported as PrusaSlicer requires support for C++17.
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Select all workload options for C++
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Install git for Windows from [gitforwindows.org](https://gitforwindows.org/)
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Download and run the exe accepting all defaults
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+### Download sources
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+
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Clone the respository. To place it in C:\src\PrusaSlicer, run:
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```
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c:> mkdir src
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c:\src> git clone https://github.com/prusa3d/PrusaSlicer.git
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```
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+### Compile the dependencies.
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+Dependencies are updated seldomly, thus they are compiled out of the PrusaSlicer source tree.
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Go to the Windows Start Menu and Click on "Visual Studio 2019" folder, then select the ->"x64 Native Tools Command Prompt" to open a command window and run the following:
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```
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cd c:\src\PrusaSlicer\deps
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mkdir build
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cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -DDESTDIR="c:\src\PrusaSlicer-deps"
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msbuild /m ALL_BUILD.vcxproj // This took 13.5 minutes on my machine: core I7-7700K @ 4.2Ghz with 32GB main memory and 20min on a average laptop
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+```
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+### Generate Visual Studio project file for PrusaSlicer, referencing the precompiled dependencies.
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+Go to the Windows Start Menu and Click on "Visual Studio 2019" folder, then select the ->"x64 Native Tools Command Prompt" to open a command window and run the following:
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+```
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cd c:\src\PrusaSlicer\
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mkdir build
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cd build
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cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="c:\src\PrusaSlicer-deps\usr\local"
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```
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+### Compile PrusaSlicer.
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Double-click c:\src\PrusaSlicer\build\PrusaSlicer.sln to open in Visual Studio 2019.
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OR
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Open Visual Studio for C++ development (VS asks this the first time you start it).
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