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Update MSVC INSTALL.md instructions to recommend VS 2022 + recent Windows 10/11 SDK
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### MSVC
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MSVC builds of Rust additionally require an installation of Visual Studio 2017
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(or later) so `rustc` can use its linker. The simplest way is to get
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[Visual Studio], check the "C++ build tools" and "Windows 10 SDK" workload.
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MSVC builds of Rust additionally requires an installation of:
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- Visual Studio 2022 (or later) build tools so `rustc` can use its linker. Older
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Visual Studio versions such as 2019 *may* work but aren't actively tested.
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- A recent Windows 10 or 11 SDK.
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The simplest way is to get [Visual Studio], check the "C++ build tools".
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[Visual Studio]: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/
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