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Expand Up @@ -6,27 +6,22 @@ The [Issue Guide](issue-guide.md) describes our approach to using GitHub issues.

## Machine Setup

Windows Forms requires the following workloads and components be selected when installing Visual Studio 2022 (17.0.0):
Windows Forms development requires the following workloads and components be selected when installing Visual Studio 2022 (17.0.0):

* Required Workloads:
* .NET Desktop Development
* Desktop development with C++
* [Required Individual Components][required-individual-components]:
* Windows 10 SDK
* C++/CLI support
* C++ CMake tools for Windows
* Required Windows Features
* 'Media Features' including 'Windows Media Player Legacy (App)' (Windows 11) or 'Windows Media Player' (Windows 10)


:warning: CMake 3.21.0 or later is required. Install CMake from the [official website][cmake-download] or via [Chocolatey][chocolatey]:
```
choco install cmake --installargs 'ADD_CMAKE_TO_PATH=System'
```

* 'Media Features' including 'Windows Media Player Legacy (App)' (Windows 11) or 'Windows Media Player' (Windows 10)
* Useful Visual Studio extensions:
* [Editor guidelines](https://marketplace.dev.azure.com/items?itemName=PaulHarrington.EditorGuidelines), see https://github.com/dotnet/winforms/pull/4836 for more information
* [VS Color Output](https://marketplace.dev.azure.com/items?itemName=MikeWard-AnnArbor.VSColorOutput64)
* [Productivity Power Tools](https://marketplace.dev.azure.com/items?itemName=VisualStudioPlatformTeam.ProductivityPowerPack2022)

Optional: To get the latest C# features in Visual Studio or to experiment with the latest runtime when not using the `start-vs.cmd`, install the [latest SDK build](https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet/blob/main/docs/builds-table.md).

## Workflow

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