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\page build-a-discord-bot-windows-visual-studio Building a Discord Bot on Windows Using Visual Studio
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To create a basic bot using **Visual Studio 2019** or **Visual Studio 2022**, follow the steps below to create a *working skeleton project you can build upon*.
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If you prefer a video tutorial, you can watch the video below! Otherwise, scroll past and keep reading!
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## Video Tutorial
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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JGqaQ9nH5sk?si=dung8KuYbWvP2_oL" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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\endhtmlonly
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## Text Tutorial
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1. Make sure you have Visual Studio 2019 or 2022. Community, Professional or Enterprise work fine. These instructions are not for Visual Studio Code. You can [download the correct version here](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/). Note that older versions of Visual Studio will not work as they do not support enough of the C++17 standard.
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2. Clone the [template project](https://github.com/brainboxdotcc/windows-bot-template/). Be sure to clone the entire project and not just copy and paste the `.cpp` file.
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3. Double click on the `MyBot.sln` file in the folder you just cloned:
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\image html vsproj_1.png
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4. Add your bot token (see \ref creating-a-bot-application) and guild ID to the example program:
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\image html vsproj_2.png
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5. Click "Local Windows debugger" to compile and run your bot!
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\image html vsproj_3.png
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6. Observe the build output. There may be warnings, but so long as the build output ends with "1 succeeded" then the process has worked. You may now run your bot!
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\image html vsproj_14.png
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## Troubleshooting
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- If you get an error that a DLL is missing (e.g. `dpp.dll` or `opus.dll`) when starting your bot, then simply copy all DLLs from the **bin** directory of where you cloned the D++ repository to, into the same directory where your bot's executable is. You only need to do this once. There should be several of these DLL files: `dpp.dll`, `zlib.dll`, `openssl.dll` and `libcrypto.dll` (or similarly named SSL related files), `libsodium.dll` and `opus.dll`. Note the template project does this for you, so you should never encounter this issue.
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- Stuck? You can find us on the [official Discord server](https://discord.gg/dpp) - ask away! We don't bite!
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