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- Remove reference to 'Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio'
  shortcut since it opens in x86 mode.

That prompt may confuse users since it is not easily switched to x64.
Our instruction says vcvarsall can be used to change the platform but it
is not in the path in any version that I checked (VS 2010, 2013, 2022).

Instead users will now only see the remaining instruction to use a
platform specific command prompt to build curl, like "x64 Native Tools".

There's several links as well to Microsoft documentation for users that
have more complicated requirements, such as using vcvarsall.

Closes https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/15313
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Open a Visual Studio Command prompt:
Using the **'Developer Command Prompt for VS [version]'** menu entry: where
[version} is the Visual Studio version. The developer prompt at default uses
the x86 mode. It is required to call `Vcvarsall.bat` to setup the prompt for
the machine type you want. This type of command prompt may not exist in all
Visual Studio versions.
See also: [Developer Command Prompt for Visual
Studio](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/tools/developer-command-prompt-for-vs)
and [How to: Enable a 64-Bit, x64 hosted MSVC toolset on the command
line](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/how-to-enable-a-64-bit-visual-cpp-toolset-on-the-command-line)
Using the **'VS [version] [platform] [type] Command Prompt'** menu entry:
where [version] is the Visual Studio version, [platform] is e.g. x64 and
[type] Native of Cross platform build. This type of command prompt may not
[type] Native or Cross platform build. This type of command prompt may not
exist in all Visual Studio versions. For example, to build a 64-bit curl open
the x64 Native Tools prompt.
See also: [Set the Path and Environment Variables for Command-Line Builds](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/building-on-the-command-line)
See also:
[How to: Enable a 64-Bit, x64 hosted MSVC toolset on the command line](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/how-to-enable-a-64-bit-visual-cpp-toolset-on-the-command-line)
[Set the Path and Environment Variables for Command-Line Builds](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/building-on-the-command-line)
[Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/tools/developer-command-prompt-for-vs)
## Build in the console