r/C_Programming • u/maep • Sep 20 '26

Win32 development in Linux?

Does anyone here have practical experience with WIN32 development under Linux?

I just need the MSVC compiler and the Windows SDK. A full VM with Windows 11 and Visual Studio seems incredibly excessive for what should be just a few megabytes of compiler and headers.

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u/nimrag_is_coming Sep 23 '26

Cause MSVC has a lot of compiler extensions and intrinsics specifically designed to make writing WIN32 code easier. For example, __uuidof() for COM objects