MSVC Portable

Portable Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler extracted from the Visual Studio Installer, including Windows SDK headers and libraries.

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VC	Windows SDK	Visual Studio	Size	Packing Date
v14.51.36231	v10.0.28000	Visual Studio 2026	145 MB	2026/08/07
v14.50.35717	v10.0.26100	Visual Studio 2026	142 MB	2026/01/17
v14.40.33807	v10.0.26100	Visual Studio 2022	131 MB	2024/07/19
v14.39.33519	v10.0.22621	Visual Studio 2022	103 MB	2024/05/10

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Usage

:: Set environment variables, or setup_x86.bat
setup_x64.bat
:: Run compiler
cl.exe

Windows Terminal

Create new profile and set command line:

%SystemRoot%\System32\cmd.exe /K setup_x64.bat

Build latest version

You can using MSVC-Portable.bat to download latest version from Microsoft.

Thanks to @mmozeiko