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+@rem Build and test Mbed TLS with Visual Studio using msbuild.
+@rem Usage: windows_msbuild [RETARGET]
+@rem   RETARGET: version of Visual Studio to emulate
+@rem             https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/how-to-modify-the-target-framework-and-platform-toolset
+
+@rem These parameters are hard-coded for now.
+set "arch=x64" & @rem "x86" or "x64"
+set "cfg=Release" & @rem "Debug" or "Release"
+set "vcvarsall=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat"
+
+if not "%~1"=="" set "retarget=,PlatformToolset=%1"
+
+@rem If the %USERPROFILE%\Source directory exists, then running
+@rem vcvarsall.bat will silently change the directory to that directory.
+@rem Setting the VSCMD_START_DIR environment variable causes it to change
+@rem to that directory instead.
+set "VSCMD_START_DIR=%~dp0\..\visualc\VS2010"
+
+"%vcvarsall%" x64 && ^
+msbuild /t:Rebuild /p:Configuration=%cfg%%retarget% /m mbedTLS.sln && ^
+msbuild /p:Configuration=%cfg% /m RUN_TESTS.vcxproj