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Instructions for packaging a Flet app into a Windows application.
:::tip[Info] This guide provides detailed Windows-specific information. Complementary and more general information is available here. :::
Visual Studio (2022 or 2026) is required with the Desktop development with C++ workload installed.
Follow this guide for instructions on downloading and installing correct Visual Studio components for Flutter desktop development.
flet build windows:::note[Note] This command can be run on Windows only. :::
Builds a Windows application.
If you get the below error:
Building with plugins requires symlink support.
Please enable Developer Mode in your system settings. Run
start ms-settings:developers
to open settings.
Then, you need to enable Developer Mode as it indicates. Follow this guide on how to do that.