Note: The Windows SDK download is currently called Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit for Windows Server 2008 and. The first thing to do is to download the Windows SDK from Microsoft's web site: Windows SDK setup.exe.
Below you will find a description on how to set up the Microsoft SDK so that you can compile C code on Windows. The Microsoft C compiler is now freely available by downloading the Windows SDK. Using a Microsoft Visual C/C++ Compiler Attaining the Free Microsoft Windows SDK 2 Configuring C Compiler to Compile From the Command Line.1.1 Attaining the Free Microsoft Windows SDK.1 Using a Microsoft Visual C/C++ Compiler.