diff --git a/windows/readme.md b/windows/readme.md index 75a1962..47658bc 100644 --- a/windows/readme.md +++ b/windows/readme.md @@ -46,7 +46,13 @@ processor time and is generally useless. * Disable Win 7 Fault Tolerant Heap * I don't see why you want to spend large amounts of CPU time to hide application instability. * https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/Win7AppQual/fault-tolerant-heap - * Disable on system via regedit: set the REG_DWORD value **HKLM\\Software\\Microsoft\\FTH\\Enabled** to **0**. + * Disable on system via regedit: set the REG_DWORD value `HKLM\\Software\\Microsoft\\FTH\\Enabled` to `0`. + +## Windows 10 Stuff + +* Disable the Windows Customer Experience Improvement program via group policy + https://www.ghacks.net/2016/10/26/turn-off-the-windows-customer-experience-program/ +* Install the Windows SDK https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/windows-10-sdk ## Setting up Visual Studio @@ -128,7 +134,9 @@ processor time and is generally useless. * First install Rusto. See `Setting up Rust` below. * Setup `ripgrep`: - * Open an `msvc x64` shell and run `cargo install ripgrep`. + * Open an `msvc x64` shell and run `cargo install ripgrep`. **Note** the last time I did this + I got linker errors saying that it was trying to link an x86 exe in a 64-bit env. I had to run + the `msvc x86` shell instead. * Verify it works by running `rg` in a shell. ### Setting up ctags