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Add download links to Windows' build instructions

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This CL adds official links to the visual studio section of the build
documentation, from which installers for VS2017, VS2019 and Windows SDK
can be downloaded. It also refers that section from the cross compilation
documentation.

Change-Id: Ib99c2f2899c4a7e4b722b8b41b2db731ee129a0c
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/3298021
Reviewed-by: Maksim Sisov <msisov@igalia.com>
Commit-Queue: Frédéric Wang <fwang@igalia.com>
Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/main@{#944884}
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Frédéric Wang
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committed by Chromium LUCI CQ
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### If you're not at Google
You can package your Windows SDK installation into a zip file by running the
following on a Windows machine:
After installing [Microsoft's development tools](windows_build_instructions.md#visual-studio),
you can package your Windows SDK installation into a zip file by running the following on a Windows machine:
cd path/to/depot_tools/win_toolchain
# customize the Windows SDK version numbers

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docs/windows_build_instructions.md

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### Visual Studio
Chromium requires Visual Studio 2017 (>=15.7.2) to build, but VS2019 (>=16.0.0)
is preferred. Visual Studio can also be used to debug Chromium, and VS2019 is
Chromium requires [Visual Studio 2017](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releasenotes/vs2017-relnotes) (>=15.7.2)
to build, but [Visual Studio 2019](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/release-notes) (>=16.0.0)
is preferred. Visual Studio can also be used to debug Chromium, and version 2019 is
preferred for this as it handles Chromium's large debug information much better.
The clang-cl compiler is used but Visual Studio's header files, libraries, and
some tools are required. Visual Studio Community Edition should work if its
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--includeRecommended
```
You must have the version 10.0.19041 or higher Windows 10 SDK installed. This
-You must have the version 10.0.19041 or higher [Windows 10 SDK](https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/sdk-archive/)
installed. This
can be installed separately or by checking the appropriate box in the Visual
Studio Installer.