**Note: the following steps are required only for those who didn't use the installer "ms4w-xxx-setup.exe"
        (if you used the file "ms4w_xxx.zip" instead, you are required to do the following steps)

- must first install the package "Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86)":
      
    - execute the file "VC_redist.x86.exe" located in the folder: /ms4w/tmp/
    
    - or download from https://learn.microsoft.com/en-US/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist
        
        - use the x86 installer ("vc_redist.x86.exe") for 
          "Visual Studio 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022"
        
     
     
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Jeff McKenna
GatewayGeo

"MS4W: open doors as well as windows"

