Cosmos/Docs/Installation/DevKit.md
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### Prerequisites
* (Free) source code of Devkit from [Cosmos on GitHub](https://github.com/CosmosOS/Cosmos)
* (Free) [Visual Studio 2013 Community](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=517284)
* If using Visual Studio 2010 Express, you will need to download the [GitHub for Windows](#) tool.
* (Free) [InnoSetup QuickStart Kit](http://www.jrsoftware.org/isdl.php#qsp)
* This is required to build the setup kit which is used to build and install the Visual Studio integration libaries for Cosmos.
* During install it will ask you about optional components to install. Be sure you check "Install Inno Setup Preprocessor".
### Installation
* Look in the downloaded sources and run **install.bat** with admin privileges (UAC will ask for permission), needed for install in system directories.
* After installation is complete, Visual Studio will automatically open and you may begin programming with your new, modified copy of Cosmos.
## Parameters to the install.bat
The `install.bat` accepts following parameters
- `-USERKIT` Run installer for the User Kit only. By default installer build and install Dev Kit.
- `-RESETHIVE` Reset Visual Studio Experimental Hive after installation.
- `-NOTASK` When specified installer would be run directly instead of running as the task in the Task Scheduler
- `-NOCLEAN` Don't clean solution before run installer.
- `-NOVSLAUNCH` Don't launch VS after installation.
- `-IGNOREVS` Ignore running VS during installation.
- `-VS2015` or `/VS2015` Run installer for the VS 2015.
- `-VS2013` or `/VS2013` Run installer for the VS 2013. This is the default.
- `-VSEXPHIVE` or `/VSEXPHIVE` Use Visual Studio Experimental Hive for installation.