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@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Now that you're set up, feel free to check out our [Issues](https://github.com/v
 
 To build on Windows, please refer to [How to Contribute](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/How-to-Contribute). We recommend building on Mac; we're Windows users who switch to Mac to build right now.
 
-Get [Visual Studio 2022](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=Community). Also find the boxes for "Desktop development with C++" and "Node.js development" and get those, too.
+<!-- Get [Visual Studio 2022](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=Community). Also find the boxes for "Desktop development with C++" and "Node.js development" and get those, too.
 
 If you get a node-gyp error in the next few steps, you should also get [Visual Studio Build Tools](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=BuildTools), find the Visual Studio Build Tools box, click Install (or Modify), then in Individual Components:
 check every item under `MSVC v143 - VS 2022 C++ x64/x86 Spectre-mitigated libs (Latest)`, `C++ ATL for latest build tools with Spectre Mitigations`, and `C++ MFC for latest build tools with Spectre Mitigations`.
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ check every item under `MSVC v143 - VS 2022 C++ x64/x86 Spectre-mitigated libs (
 ```
 npm config set msvs_version 2022
 ```
+ -->
 
 ## Roadmap