Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of Platforms/Windows

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    2727Actually, it seems this step is no longer necessary, so you might not need to worry anymore with the current version of Visual Studio. 
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    29 Download the Parrot setup script for Windows `parrot_setup.bat` (attached to this page), and put it into your newly checked out working copy. This file sets up the relevant paths etc for the Visual Studio Command Prompt to see all its own information and so you can just call nmake (Microsoft's version of make) and cl (the Visual Studio C/C++ compiler) from the command line. This file was developed on a German version of Windows so you'll probably need to change Programme to Programs to get the paths correct. Run the .bat file like so: 
     29Download the Parrot setup script for Windows [https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/attachment/wiki/Platforms/Windows/parrot_setup.bat parrot_setup.bat] (attached to this page), and put it into your newly checked out working copy. This file sets up the relevant paths etc for the Visual Studio Command Prompt to see all its own information and so you can just call nmake (Microsoft's version of make) and cl (the Visual Studio C/C++ compiler) from the command line. This file was developed on a German version of Windows so you'll probably need to change Programme to Programs to get the paths correct. Run the .bat file like so: 
    3030{{{ 
    3131parrot_setup.bat 
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    6969==== Running the smoke tests ==== 
    70 In order to run tests such as `make smoke` and `make languages-smoke` (both really important and helpful things you can do to contribute to Parrot, even if you don't have lots of time to hack the source) you will need to install the [http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Test::TAP::HTMLMatrix  Test::TAP::HTMLMatrix] module. To do this, you can use the cpan shell from within your Visual Studio Command Prompt. Once at the prompt, enter cpan to go to the cpan shell, then you just need to do: 
     70In order to run tests such as `make smoke` and `make languages-smoke` (both really important and helpful things you can do to contribute to Parrot, even if you don't have lots of time to hack the source) you will need to install the `Test::TAP::HTMLMatrix` module. To do this, you can use the cpan shell from within your Visual Studio Command Prompt. Once at the prompt, enter cpan to go to the cpan shell, then you just need to do: 
    7171{{{ 
    7272cpan> install Test::TAP::HTMLMatrix