Requirements

To build this version of TortoisePlink, you will need the following tools:

• Visual Studio 2017 or better, the Community Edition should work.
  • Must include the Visual C++ components required for building Windows desktop applications.
  • Must include the Windows 8.1 SDK.
• WiX, at least 3.10 or better.

Building

It is best to build from the Developer Command Prompt. From command prompt, change into the directory where the installation project resides.

cd <working-directory>\TortoisePlink-setup

Then, using MSBuild; build the platform agnostic installer.

• For Release;

  msbuild TortoisePlink-setp.wixproj /p:Configuration=Release.

• For Debug;

  msbuild TortoisePlink-setp.wixproj /p:Configuration=Debug.

• For the default configuration, using Debug;

  msbuild TortoisePlink-setp.wixproj

Though the project for TortoisePlink and the platform specific installer, TortoisePlink.Setup.Base, may be build via VisualStudio; the platform agnostic installer must be built from the command-line using MSBuild as shown above.

Troubleshooting

• If your images and icons disappear in VisualStudio after installing WiX, please see this page for a workaround.