Microsoft Dev Home

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Microsoft Dev Home was launched by Microsoft in May 2023 as a Windows 11 to assist developers to streamline the setup process of a development environment. However, in January 2025, Microsoft announced that it will be deprecating Dev Home in May 2025.[1][2][3]

Development history

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Microsoft based its development at GitHub.[4][5]

It allowed the user to setup a "dev drive" using ReFS. It allowed the user to set environment variables. It allowed the user to change common developer-oriented settings such as showing file extensions in Windows Explorer. It allowed the user to install software using the Windows Package Manager (winget).

See also

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References

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