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Auto merge of #17793 - jjoeldaniel:msvc-docs, r=Veykril
docs: add msvc note to manual Added note for Windows users to have the latest MSVC to minimize setup issues. Closes #4870
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$ brew install rust-analyzer
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+==== Windows
+
+It is recommended to install the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable prior to installation.
+Download links can be found
+https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist[here].
+
=== VS Code or VSCodium in Flatpak
Setting up `rust-analyzer` with a Flatpak version of Code is not trivial because of the Flatpak sandbox.