<p>There is documentation about how to build with visual studio 
 on <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/build_msvc/README.md" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this link</a>. It works fine for me.</p>

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2018-10-09T14:05:17.293Z
I've built all of the executables except bitcoin-qt.exe following this instruction. Please tell how have you built this exe.
Ilya Maximencko
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2018-10-09T14:20:04.973Z
"Solution and project files to build the Bitcoin Core applications (except Qt dependent ones) with Visual Studio 2017 can be found in the build_msvc directory."  Does it mean that I can't build bitcoin-qt.exe with VS? If yes, then why do we need libbitcoin-qt.vcxproj file in build_msvc?
Ilya Maximencko
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Nicolas Dorier
<p>Independently of how you go about doing this, building with VS is not a recommended or supported configuration (beyond testing reasons).  If you run a system built that way you lose the advantage of the enormous amount of testing put in by users and developers on the supported builds.</p>

<p>At a minimum you should make sure that all the functional tests pass on your build, though this is generally good advice for any build.</p>

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G. Maxwell
<p>I know there is a project libbitcoin-qt.vcxproj, but I have issues with building it. Is there another solution how to build bitcoin-qt.exe (only VS)?</p>

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building bitcoin-qt.exe using Visual Studio 2017
Ilya Maximencko
# building bitcoin-qt.exe using Visual Studio 2017

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-10-09)

I know there is a project libbitcoin-qt.vcxproj, but I have issues with building it. Is there another solution how to build bitcoin-qt.exe (only VS)?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-10-09. Score: 2

There is documentation about how to build with visual studio
on [this link](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/build_msvc/README.md). It works fine for me.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I've built all of the executables except bitcoin-qt.exe following this instruction. Please tell how have you built this exe.  
> **username_0**: "Solution and project files to build the Bitcoin Core applications (except Qt dependent ones) with Visual Studio 2017 can be found in the build_msvc directory."  Does it mean that I can't build bitcoin-qt.exe with VS? If yes, then why do we need libbitcoin-qt.vcxproj file in build_msvc?  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-10-12. Score: -1

Independently of how you go about doing this, building with VS is not a recommended or supported configuration (beyond testing reasons). If you run a system built that way you lose the advantage of the enormous amount of testing put in by users and developers on the supported builds.

At a minimum you should make sure that all the functional tests pass on your build, though this is generally good advice for any build.


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