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## Windows

- [Work with content-scope-scripts repo on Windows](./development-utilities.md#windows-development)
- [Debugging `autofill.js` (or other submodules) on Windows](https://app.asana.com/1/137249556945/project/1198964220583541/task/1208938714611510)
- Visual Studio in Parallels is extremely usable on an M-series Mac.
- Make sure you get Parallels Pro so that you can set it to use ~8 CPUs and ~16 GB RAM.
- You can purchase this using your Ramp card.
- Set up Visual Studio per the instructions in the [Windows browser README](https://github.com/duckduckgo/windows-browser/blob/develop/README.md).
- To test C-S-S changes, you can create a directory symlink (`mklink /D`) between `submodules/content-scope-scripts` ↔ the `content-scope-scripts` directory in macOS.
- This lets you make C-S-S changes in macOS and then see them in the Windows app.
- Remember to configure Parallels to share your macOS disk.
- A nice-to-have is to [set up a WSL environment](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/setup/environment) so that you can use familiar command line tools within Windows (git, vim, Clalude Code, etc.)
- Other guides:
- [Work with content-scope-scripts repo on Windows](./development-utilities.md#windows-development)
- [Debugging `autofill.js` (or other submodules) on Windows](https://app.asana.com/1/137249556945/project/1198964220583541/task/1208938714611510)

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