# Where to start with CMake & Windows?

**URL:** <https://forum.graphviz.org/t/where-to-start-with-cmake-windows/2716>\
**Category:** Dev\
**Created:** [February 12, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/where-to-start-with-cmake-windows/2716 "2025-02-12T20:23:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![sprezzatura](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/graphviz/user_avatar/forum.graphviz.org/sprezzatura/32/1815_2.png) [@sprezzatura](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/sprezzatura)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/where-to-start-with-cmake-windows/2716/4 "2025-02-13T13:56:47Z")

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I would dearly love to not have to build it 😜 However, I have another [post](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/gvlayout-crashing/2700) where I am reporting a crash, and I haven’t had any bites, so it looks like I’m going to have to take the bull by the horns and step into the offending code in debug mode.

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