hey guys, total noob here with c++ compilation. trying to build bitcoin from source on windows using visual studio 2022 and i got the cmake part working fine.
ran cmake -B build preset vs2022-static, then cmake build build config Release and everything compiled no problem.
but now im stuck. whats the actual command to generate the installer exe? like the thing you run to install bitcoin on windows? docs arent super clear on this part for me
How to create Windows installer from Bitcoin Core sources?
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you mean the actual bitcoin core installer package? yeah their docs are kinda focused on linux builds tbh. if you've got the space and ram, might be worth spinning up WSL and doing it that way instead. its not ideal but honestly it works
checked out build-windows-msvc.md like you said but theres nothing about deploy or packaging there. sounds like ill need to use WSL and follow build-windows.md instead then. not ideal but if thats what it takes