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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"doc: Deprecated (deactivated) Windows Dev Home in BUILDING","articleBody":"## Situation\n\nThe [BUILDING \u003e Windows \u003e Option 2: Automated install with WinGet](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/main/BUILDING.md#option-2-automated-install-with-winget) includes the advice:\n\n---\nAlternatively, you can use [Dev Home](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dev-home/)\nto install the prerequisites:\n\n* Switch to `Machine Configuration` tab\n* Click on `Configuration File`\n* Choose the corresponding WinGet configuration file\n* Click on `Set up as admin`\n\n---\n\nThe Microsoft documentation link [Dev Home](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dev-home/) states:\n\n\u003e Starting May 2025, Dev Home will no longer be supported as a feature in Windows 11.\n\nAttempting to install Dev Home from https://aka.ms/devhome, leads instead to the Windows Advanced Settings app - https://github.com/microsoft/windowsAdvancedSettings\n\nhttps://github.com/microsoft/devhome was archived in June 2025.\n\nThe last Dev Home release from https://github.com/microsoft/devhome/releases/tag/v0.2001.758.0 was published one year ago in Jan 2025.\n\n- It carries a label \"Dev Home Preview v0.20\"\n- Installing and running it shows a message\n  \u003e Dev Home will be going away in May 2025 and a subset of its features will be moved to new places. Stay tuned for more information in the following months.\n- Subsequently running Microsoft Store Downloads, \"Check for updates\" removes \"Dev Home (Preview)\" from the start menu\n\n## Conclusion\n\nMicrosoft Windows Dev Home has not only been deprecated, it has been deactivated. The corresponding instructions in the [BUILDING.md](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/main/BUILDING.md) document can no longer be followed.\n\nThere is no \"Machine Configuration tab\" in the follow-on app https://github.com/microsoft/windowsAdvancedSettings, so it is no longer possible to follow the instructions based on using \"Dev Home\".\n\n## Suggestion\n\nRemove references to Dev Home from the [BUILDING.md](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/main/BUILDING.md) document.\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/MikeMcC399","@type":"Person","name":"MikeMcC399"},"datePublished":"2026-01-18T10:14:25.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/61424/node/issues/61424"}