# ROS on Windows: Foxy Release v20200912.0.0.2009161641

**URL:** https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-on-windows-foxy-release-v20200912-0-0-2009161641/16436
**Category:** ROS General
**Tags:** release, windows, foxy
**Created:** [September 17, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-on-windows-foxy-release-v20200912-0-0-2009161641/16436 "2020-09-17T01:21:01Z")
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### Author: ![seanyen-msft](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.openrobotics.org/seanyen-msft/32/3965_2.png) [@seanyen-msft](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/seanyen-msft)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-on-windows-foxy-release-v20200912-0-0-2009161641/16436/1 "2020-09-17T01:21:02Z")

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The Microsoft Azure Edge Robotics team is happy to announce the Foxy Release v20200912.0.0.2009161641 for Windows developers.

As usual, you can install it by the following steps:

```Batchfile
mkdir c:\opt\chocolatey
set ChocolateyInstall=c:\opt\chocolatey
choco source add -n=ros-win -s="https://aka.ms/ros/public" --priority=1
choco upgrade ros-foxy-desktop -y --execution-timeout=0

```

Some highlights of this release:

- Based on the [Foxy release sync 2020-09-12](http://discourse.ros.org/t/new-packages-for-foxy-fitzroy-2020-09-10/16348).
- Enabled composition:
  - [Desktop](https://www.ros.org/reps/rep-2001.html)
  - [Navigation 2](https://navigation.ros.org/)
  - [MoveIt2 Preview](https://github.com/ros-planning/moveit2)

- Upgraded many native libraries (built by Vcpkg ports) and Python runtime:
  - Boost 1.73.0
  - CMake 3.18.2
  - EmPY 3.3.4
  - Gazebo 10.2.0
  - OGRE 1.12.7
  - OpenCV 4.3.0
  - OpenSSL 1.1.1g
  - PCL 1.9.1
  - Poco 1.9.2
  - Python 3.8.3 (embeddable distribution)
  - Qt 5.15.0

Love your feedback and let us know on [GitHub](https://github.com/ms-iot/rosonwindows/issues).

Also check out [ROS: Home](https://aka.ms/ros) for ROS related components from Microsoft and partners which are supported on Linux and Windows. And more getting started tutorials on [ROS: Home](https://aka.ms/ros/docs).

Happy coding ROS Developers! 💪💪💪