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Enter VSDevShell from a stand-alone powershell script
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VSDevShell.ps1
$vsPath = &(Join-Path ${env:ProgramFiles(x86)} "\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe") -property installationpath
Import-Module (Join-Path $vsPath "Common7\Tools\vsdevshell\Microsoft.VisualStudio.DevShell.dll")
Enter-VsDevShell -VsInstallPath $vsPath -SkipAutomaticLocation
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tahir-hassan commented Mar 10, 2026

I installed "Visual Studio Build Tools 2026" on Windows 11. I can do:

cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\18\BuildTools\Common7\Tools"
.\Launch-VsDevShell.ps1

which makes clang.exe available in PATH. I have not tested it with the full blown installation of Visual Studio 2026.

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