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<h1 data-loc-id="walkthrough.windows.title.apply.dev.env">Apply the Visual Studio developer environment</h1>
<p data-loc-id="walkthrough.windows.dev.env.required">The Visual Studio C++ compiler requires several environment variables to be set in order to successfully compile your code. If you are using a Windows machine with the Visual Studio C++ compiler, there are two ways you can ensure the environment is applied.</p>
<p data-loc-id="walkthrough.windows.do.one"> You only need to do one of the following:</p>
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<li><p data-loc-id="walkthrough.windows.run.dev.command">Run the <code data-loc-id="walkthrough.windows.set.dev.environment">C/C++: Set Visual Studio Developer Environment</code> command</p>
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<li><p data-loc-id="walkthrough.windows.start.from.dev.command">Start VS Code from the <span>Developer Command Prompt for VS</span></p>
</li>
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<h3 data-loc-id="walkthrough.windows.relaunch.command.prompt">To relaunch VS Code using the <span>Developer Command Prompt for VS</span></h3>
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<li><p data-loc-id="walkthrough.close.vscode">Close the current instance of VS Code.</p>
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<li><p data-loc-id="walkthrough.open.command.prompt">Open the <span>Developer Command Prompt for VS</span> by typing <code>developer</code> in the Windows Start menu then select the <span>Developer Command Prompt for VS</span>.</p>
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<li><p data-loc-id="walkthrough.windows.press.f5">Type <code>code</code> into the command prompt and hit enter. This should relaunch VS Code in the same workspace and take you back to this walkthrough.</p>
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