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Remove old instructions & patches they referred to (& rename instructions to the actual state) Old instruction names were from the time when tdesktop used GYP that had MSVC, XCode and CMake backends. But tdesktop uses CMake now, so these names are no longer correct.
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# Build instructions for Windows 64-bit
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- [Prepare folder](#prepare-folder)
- [Install third party software](#install-third-party-software)
- [Clone source code and prepare libraries](#clone-source-code-and-prepare-libraries)
- [Build the project](#build-the-project)
- [Qt Visual Studio Tools](#qt-visual-studio-tools)
## Prepare folder
Use VS 2022 with 10.0.22000.0 SDK version.
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The build is done in **Visual Studio 2022** with **10.0.22000.0** SDK version.
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Choose an empty folder for the future build, for example **D:\\TBuild**. It will be named ***BuildPath*** in the rest of this document. Create two folders there, ***BuildPath*\\ThirdParty** and ***BuildPath*\\Libraries**.
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All commands (if not stated otherwise) will be launched from **x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2022.bat** (should be in **Start Menu > Visual Studio 2022** menu folder). Pay attention not to use any other Command Prompt.
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### Obtain your API credentials
You will require **api_id** and **api_hash** to access the Telegram API servers. To learn how to obtain them [click here][api_credentials].
## Install third party software
Install Python and cmake to default paths There's no real need to install to custom paths
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* Download **Python 3.10** installer from [https://www.python.org/downloads/](https://www.python.org/downloads/) and install it with adding to PATH.
* Download **CMake 3.21 or later** installer from [https://cmake.org/download/](https://cmake.org/download/) and install it.
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* Download **Git** installer from [https://git-scm.com/download/win](https://git-scm.com/download/win) and install it.
Build dependencies by script on Windows and macOS.
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## Clone source code and prepare libraries
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Use VS 2022 with 10.0.22000.0 SDK version.
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Open **x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2022.bat**, go to ***BuildPath*** and run
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Build dependencies by script on Windows and macOS.
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git clone --recursive https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop.git
tdesktop\Telegram\build\prepare\win.bat
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## Build the project
Go to ***BuildPath*\\tdesktop\\Telegram** and run (using [your **api_id** and **api_hash**](#obtain-your-api-credentials))
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configure.bat x64 -D TDESKTOP_API_ID=YOUR_API_ID -D TDESKTOP_API_HASH=YOUR_API_HASH
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* Open ***BuildPath*\\tdesktop\\out\\Telegram.sln** in Visual Studio 2022
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* Select Telegram project and press Build > Build Telegram (Debug and Release configurations)
* The result Telegram.exe will be located in **D:\TBuild\tdesktop\out\Debug** (and **Release**)
### Qt Visual Studio Tools
For better debugging you may want to install Qt Visual Studio Tools:
* Open **Extensions** -> **Manage Extensions**
* Go to **Online** tab
* Search for **Qt**
* Install **Qt Visual Studio Tools** extension
[api_credentials]: api_credentials.md