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A User Account Control prompt appeared. Alex clicked .

Alex clicked . The progress bar moved slowly—time for coffee. After 20 minutes (on a decent connection), it finished. No errors.

The installer said: . Alex clicked it.

Visual Studio 2019 Community opened, asking for a Microsoft account. Alex created a free one (no payment required). After signing in, the IDE appeared—complex, but Alex would learn it later.

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Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 19.29.30154 for x64 ... hello.cpp The hello.exe ran perfectly. The story ended with a success message on the screen: Hello, World!