Microsoft Build Tools 2022

Unlike full VS, the environment isn’t globally set. Use the provided script:

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& "C:\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat" cl.exe # Should show "Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 19.3x" Unlike full VS, the environment isn’t globally set