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 ### Windows
 
-If you don't have Git, download [an archive of `master`](https://github.com/TASVideos/BizHawk/archive/master.zip). If you have WSL, Git BASH, or similar, clone the repo with:
+If you have WSL, Git BASH, or similar, clone the repo with:
 ```
 git clone https://github.com/TASVideos/BizHawk.git BizHawk_master
 # or ssh: git clone git@github.com:TASVideos/BizHawk.git BizHawk_master
 ```
-
-Once it's downloaded and extracted, go into the repo's `Dist` folder and run `QuickTestBuildAndPackage_Release.bat`. This is the same process used by AppVeyor.
+...then go into the repo's `Dist` folder and run `QuickTestBuildAndPackage_Release.bat`. This is the same process used by AppVeyor.
+(Git is required for this script, but if you proceed to open the solution in VS then you can build without it.)
 
 For anything more complicated than just building, you'll need an IDE like [VS Community 2019](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/community), currently the best free C# IDE (you may prefer Rider, VS Code, or something else).
-To build with VS, open `BizHawk.sln` and use the toolbar to choose `Release | Any CPU | BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk` and click the Start button. See [*Compiling* at TASVideos](http://tasvideos.org/Bizhawk/Compiling.html) for more detailed instructions (warning: somewhat outdated).
+Open the `/BizHawk.sln` solution file in your IDE.
+With VS, start the build by choosing the `BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk` executable in the toolbar (in either the `Debug` or `Release` configuration) and clicking the launch button beside it.
 
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