# ALL\_BUILD in Visual Studio did not install VTK under program files - Windows 10

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/all-build-in-visual-studio-did-not-install-vtk-under-program-files-windows-10/10213
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 15, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/all-build-in-visual-studio-did-not-install-vtk-under-program-files-windows-10/10213 "2022-12-15T13:03:44Z")
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### Author: ![Jerry1](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@Jerry1](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Jerry1)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/all-build-in-visual-studio-did-not-install-vtk-under-program-files-windows-10/10213/1 "2022-12-15T13:03:44Z")

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Hello. I am new to VTK and I have [downloaded, configured, and generated](https://vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Configure_and_Build) VTK with CMake.

Once I have done that, I then went to the VTK visual studio solution file that was generated under `/bin` and ran the build for `ALL_BUILD` in the solution explorer. After that was successfully built, I then looked for the `.ddl` files and the directory that contains them under program files on my Windows 10 PC, but they weren’t there.

Now, I cannot use VTK as a library for other programs such as [Starfish](https://www.particleincell.com/starfish/) since I don’t have it installed after the `ALL_BUILD` happened.

What can I do now? Thanks.

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/mwestphal/32/19_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/all-build-in-visual-studio-did-not-install-vtk-under-program-files-windows-10/10213/2 "2022-12-15T13:05:15Z")

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Hi @Jerry1

This is an outdated wiki article, use this updated doc:  
[https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/blob/master/Documentation/dev/build.md#windows](https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/blob/master/Documentation/dev/build.md#windows)

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### Author: ![toddy](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@toddy](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/toddy)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/all-build-in-visual-studio-did-not-install-vtk-under-program-files-windows-10/10213/3 "2022-12-15T21:55:09Z")

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Start VS as administrator then find INSTALL in the solution explorer tree and build it.