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+This directory contains MSVC project files to build Zydis and the included tools and examples.
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+There are three build configurations, each with 32/64 bit and debug/release versions:
+- Static (default)
+- Dynamic
+- Kernel mode
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+In order to build the kernel mode configuration you must have the Microsoft WDK installed, available at https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/windows-driver-kit.
+The kernel mode configuration only builds Zydis and the ZydisWinKernel driver sample. The other configurations build all projects except for ZydisWinKernel.
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+All Zydis features are enabled by default. In order to disable specific features you can define preprocessor directives such as ZYDIS_DISABLE_FORMATTER. Refer to CMakeLists.txt for the full list of feature switches.