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I want to install the rust programming language onto my computer but it is virtually impossible since it requires the MSBuild tools 2019 but now you can only download 2022 unless you pay for a visual studio subscription.
You can join Dev Essentials at no cost (https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/dev-essentials/). Once you have joined you can download the Build Tools for VS2019 from https://my.visualstudio.com/downloads
For example,
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Hi @vetur9 ,
Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!
Do you mean that you want to install MSBuild 16.0?
For Community version, it is free to use. You can download the Visual Studio 2019 Community version and add ASP.NET and web development workload to get MSBuild 16.0 installed. By default, the MSBuild.exe is installed to:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin Sincerely,
Anna
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