# \#windows

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## [\[Show and Tell\] ROS 2 Blueprint Studio: Visual Node Editor & Boilerplate Generator (Alpha)](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/show-and-tell-ros-2-blueprint-studio-visual-node-editor-boilerplate-generator-alpha/53251)

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**Author:** [@NeiroEvgen](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/NeiroEvgen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/show-and-tell-ros-2-blueprint-studio-visual-node-editor-boilerplate-generator-alpha/53251 "2026-10-13T13:43:56Z")

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Hi everyone! Like many of us, I appreciate the power and flexibility of ROS 2, but I’ve always found the amount of manual boilerplate to be a bottleneck for rapid development. Keeping track of all the configuration deta…

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## [Properly close windows processes, discussion about implementation](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/properly-close-windows-processes-discussion-about-implementation/57308)

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**Author:** [@KimMcG](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/KimMcG)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/properly-close-windows-processes-discussion-about-implementation/57308 "2026-08-11T14:31:15Z")

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So I went into a bit of a rabbit whole last week! CI on windows kept on getting this particular error: 2: \[WARNING\] \[python.exe-2\]: 'SIGINT' sent to process\[python.exe-2\] not supported on Windows, escalating to 'SIGTERM…

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## [Pre-built ROS2 Humble Windows SDK + Standalone RViz2 (No Toolchain Required)](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/pre-built-ros2-humble-windows-sdk-standalone-rviz2-no-toolchain-required/55340)

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**Author:** [@huming516520](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/huming516520)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2026, 11:56pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/pre-built-ros2-humble-windows-sdk-standalone-rviz2-no-toolchain-required/55340 "2026-06-07T23:56:14Z")

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\# Pre-built ROS2 Humble Windows SDK + Standalone RViz2 (No Toolchain Required) Hi everyone, I’d like to share two projects that may help developers working with ROS2 on Windows. ## The Problem Compiling ROS2 on Windo…

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## [Blog post: Reproducible cross-platform ROS installation with Pixi](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/blog-post-reproducible-cross-platform-ros-installation-with-pixi/50683)

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**Author:** [@ruben-arts](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/ruben-arts)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2025, 8:00am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/blog-post-reproducible-cross-platform-ros-installation-with-pixi/50683 "2025-11-04T08:00:57Z")

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Hey all, We’ve seen a big increase in the interest on making ROS supported on multiple platforms. And in general easier to install. This is not the first time I post on this forum about this, but seeing it’s a recurring…

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## [Upcoming switch of Windows installation to pixi/conda](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/upcoming-switch-of-windows-installation-to-pixi-conda/41916)

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**Author:** [@clalancette](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/clalancette)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/upcoming-switch-of-windows-installation-to-pixi-conda/41916 "2025-10-26T16:29:13Z")

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Hello ROS 2 Windows users! TL;DR - You will have to change how you install ROS 2 on Windows, for Rolling, Jazzy, and Humble. The good news is that it should be much simpler than before. What are we doing? We are chang…

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## [Impending removal of the Windows Debug CI job and packages](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/impending-removal-of-the-windows-debug-ci-job-and-packages/41780)

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**Author:** [@clalancette](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/clalancette)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/impending-removal-of-the-windows-debug-ci-job-and-packages/41780 "2025-01-28T20:35:43Z")

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Building software in Debug mode under Windows uses a different ABI and runtime from release. This runtime adds in a bunch of extra compile-time and run-time checks. For many years, ROS 2 has had a Windows Debug CI job …

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## [Windows survey results](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/windows-survey-results/39502)

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**Author:** [@clalancette](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/clalancette)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/windows-survey-results/39502 "2024-10-04T21:15:50Z")

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As you may remember, back at the end of July we sent out a survey to get a better idea of how the community is using ROS 2 on Windows: Feedback Requested: Future of ROS 2 Windows Support - ROS General - Open Robotics Dis…

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## [Feedback Requested: Future of ROS 2 Windows Support](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/feedback-requested-future-of-ros-2-windows-support/38847)

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**Author:** [@clalancette](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/clalancette)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/feedback-requested-future-of-ros-2-windows-support/38847 "2024-08-26T13:35:49Z")

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Hi all! As you may know, ROS 2 has supported Windows as a Tier 1 platform since its inception. However, providing Windows support is costly, and we need to do some serious work to keep it going over the next several ye…

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## [Do you use ROS 2 and Windows? I want to talk to you!](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/do-you-use-ros-2-and-windows-i-want-to-talk-to-you/29392)

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**Author:** [@IOTDan](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/IOTDan)\
**Replies:** 40\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/do-you-use-ros-2-and-windows-i-want-to-talk-to-you/29392 "2023-02-21T16:09:28Z")

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Hello everyone! I wanted to reach out to this community and connect with folks who use, plan to use or are interested/intrigued to use ROS (and specifically ROS2) with Windows. I am the Group Product Manager for ROS on…

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## [Noetic Upgrade](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/noetic-upgrade/28697)

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**Author:** [@Viraj\_Awate](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Viraj_Awate)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2022, 1:25pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/noetic-upgrade/28697 "2022-12-15T13:25:47Z")

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Hey, how can I upgrade ros-noetic to ros-noetic-desktop\_full v20201214.0.0.2104301300 is the latest version available based on your source(s).

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## [ROS on Windows: Noetic Release v20201214.0.0.2012281717](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-on-windows-noetic-release-v20201214-0-0-2012281717/18229)

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**Author:** [@seanyen-msft](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/seanyen-msft)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-on-windows-noetic-release-v20201214-0-0-2012281717/18229 "2020-12-29T03:05:21Z")

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The Microsoft Azure Edge Robotics team is happy to announce another Noetic Release v20201214.0.0.2012281717 for Windows developers. As usual, you can install it by the following steps: mkdir c:\\opt\\chocolatey set Choco…

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## [ROS Extension for VS Code: New Release v0.6.7](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-extension-for-vs-code-new-release-v0-6-7/19024)

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**Author:** [@seanyen-msft](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/seanyen-msft)\
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**Last updated:** [February 19, 2021, 4:17am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-extension-for-vs-code-new-release-v0-6-7/19024 "2021-02-19T04:17:37Z")

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We are excited to introduce another update for the ROS Extension for VS Code! In this update, we are adding the launch debugging support for ROS2 and including many bug fixes. A picture is worth a thousand words. To get…

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## [ROS on Windows: Melodic Release v20201221.0.0.2012310001](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-on-windows-melodic-release-v20201221-0-0-2012310001/18269)

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**Author:** [@seanyen-msft](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/seanyen-msft)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-on-windows-melodic-release-v20201221-0-0-2012310001/18269 "2021-01-04T18:58:11Z")

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The Microsoft Azure Edge Robotics team is happy to announce the Melodic Release v20201221.0.0.2012310001 for Windows developers. As usual, you can install it by the following steps: mkdir c:\\opt\\chocolatey set Chocolat…

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## [ROS on Windows: Foxy Release v20201211.0.0.2012290002](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-on-windows-foxy-release-v20201211-0-0-2012290002/18241)

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**Author:** [@seanyen-msft](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/seanyen-msft)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-on-windows-foxy-release-v20201211-0-0-2012290002/18241 "2020-12-31T01:45:48Z")

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The Microsoft Azure Edge Robotics team is happy to announce the Foxy Release v20201211.0.0.2012290002 for Windows developers. As usual, you can install it by the following steps: mkdir c:\\opt\\chocolatey set ChocolateyI…

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## [Updating the VS Code extension for ROS to 0.6.0](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/updating-the-vs-code-extension-for-ros-to-0-6-0/10508)

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**Author:** [@james](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/james)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/updating-the-vs-code-extension-for-ros-to-0-6-0/10508 "2020-10-20T22:18:03Z")

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We are excited to introduce another update for the VS Code extension for ROS! This update enables ROS2 runtime monitor and adds support for ROS2 command line tools (ros2 run and ros2 launch)! This is how it looks! Me…

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## [ROS on Windows: Noetic Release v20201009.0.0.2010132325](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-on-windows-noetic-release-v20201009-0-0-2010132325/16817)

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**Author:** [@seanyen-msft](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/seanyen-msft)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-on-windows-noetic-release-v20201009-0-0-2010132325/16817 "2020-10-14T17:52:22Z")

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The Microsoft Azure Edge Robotics team is happy to announce another Noetic Release v20201009.0.0.2010132325 for Windows developers. As usual, you can install it by the following steps: mkdir c:\\opt\\chocolatey set Choco…

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## [📢 \[Reminder\] https://aka.ms/ros/public - The new Chocolatey feed URL for ROS on Windows](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/reminder-https-aka-ms-ros-public-the-new-chocolatey-feed-url-for-ros-on-windows/16098)

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**Author:** [@seanyen-msft](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/seanyen-msft)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/reminder-https-aka-ms-ros-public-the-new-chocolatey-feed-url-for-ros-on-windows/16098 "2020-08-25T21:41:50Z")

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NOTE: Please excuse the double-posting. The old Chocolatey feed URL is retiring and would be no longer available on 2020-09-14T07:00:00Z (UTC). It is strongly encouraged to migrate your setup to the new feed. Hi ROS on …

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## [ROS on Windows: Foxy Release v20200925.0.0.2010010001](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-on-windows-foxy-release-v20200925-0-0-2010010001/16632)

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**Author:** [@seanyen-msft](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/seanyen-msft)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-on-windows-foxy-release-v20200925-0-0-2010010001/16632 "2020-10-05T23:34:07Z")

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The Microsoft Azure Edge Robotics team is happy to announce the Foxy Release v20200925.0.0.2010010001 for Windows developers. As usual, you can install it by the following steps: mkdir c:\\opt\\chocolatey set ChocolateyI…

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## [ROS on Windows: Optimized Camera Capture and RTSP Streaming node for ROS on Windows](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-on-windows-optimized-camera-capture-and-rtsp-streaming-node-for-ros-on-windows/16643)

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**Author:** [@Sudhaushu](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Sudhaushu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-on-windows-optimized-camera-capture-and-rtsp-streaming-node-for-ros-on-windows/16643 "2020-10-02T16:37:09Z")

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Optimized Camera Capture and RTSP Streaming node for ROS on Windows Hi All, We’re pleased to announce the ros\_msft\_camera node for ROS on Windows. This node directly interacts with Media Foundation APIs to bring camera …

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## [ROS on Windows: Noetic Release v20200918.0.0.2009272253](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-on-windows-noetic-release-v20200918-0-0-2009272253/16604)

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**Author:** [@seanyen-msft](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/seanyen-msft)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-on-windows-noetic-release-v20200918-0-0-2009272253/16604 "2020-09-29T18:53:28Z")

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The Microsoft Azure Edge Robotics team is happy to announce the Noetic Release v20200918.0.0.2009272253 for Windows developers. As usual, you can install it by the following steps: mkdir c:\\opt\\chocolatey set Chocolate…

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## [ROS on Windows: Foxy Release v20200912.0.0.2009161641](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-on-windows-foxy-release-v20200912-0-0-2009161641/16436)

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**Author:** [@seanyen-msft](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/seanyen-msft)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-on-windows-foxy-release-v20200912-0-0-2009161641/16436 "2020-09-17T01:21:02Z")

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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: mkdir c:\\opt\\chocolatey set ChocolateyI…

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## [ROS on Windows: Melodic Release v20200915.0.0.2009211616](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-on-windows-melodic-release-v20200915-0-0-2009211616/16505)

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**Author:** [@seanyen-msft](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/seanyen-msft)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-on-windows-melodic-release-v20200915-0-0-2009211616/16505 "2020-09-22T02:38:50Z")

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The Microsoft Azure Edge Robotics team is happy to announce the Melodic Release v20200915.0.0.2009211616 for Windows developers. As usual, you can install it by the following steps: mkdir c:\\opt\\chocolatey set Chocolat…

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## [ROS on Windows: Noetic Release v20200831.0.0.2009101215](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-on-windows-noetic-release-v20200831-0-0-2009101215/16352)

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**Author:** [@seanyen-msft](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/seanyen-msft)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 6:58am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-on-windows-noetic-release-v20200831-0-0-2009101215/16352 "2020-09-15T06:58:27Z")

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The Microsoft Azure Edge Robotics team is happy to announce the Noetic Release v20200831.0.0.2009101215 for Windows developers. As usual, you can install it by the following steps: mkdir c:\\opt\\chocolatey set Chocolate…

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## [Introducing the ROS 2 Windows Chef Cookbook and CI Integration](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/introducing-the-ros-2-windows-chef-cookbook-and-ci-integration/15815)

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**Author:** [@brawner](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/brawner)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/introducing-the-ros-2-windows-chef-cookbook-and-ci-integration/15815 "2020-08-17T17:40:15Z")

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Hello all, It’s with great excitement and some relief that we are introducing the ROS 2 Windows Chef Cookbook. This cookbook provides the means of verifiably installing all ROS 2 dependencies on a Windows machine. As pa…

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## [📢 https://aka.ms/ros/public - The new Chocolatey feed URL for ROS on Windows](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/https-aka-ms-ros-public-the-new-chocolatey-feed-url-for-ros-on-windows/15429)

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**Author:** [@seanyen-msft](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/seanyen-msft)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/https-aka-ms-ros-public-the-new-chocolatey-feed-url-for-ros-on-windows/15429 "2020-07-15T18:56:41Z")

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Hi ROS on Windows Developers! This is an announcement to inform you that now we have an new Chocolatey feed URL: ROS: Home. If you are an new user, please follow ROS Wiki for the new installation: Installation/Windows …

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## [Windows CI builds are now officially containerized and virtualized on ci.ros2.org](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/windows-ci-builds-are-now-officially-containerized-and-virtualized-on-ci-ros2-org/13099)

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**Author:** [@brawner](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/brawner)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/windows-ci-builds-are-now-officially-containerized-and-virtualized-on-ci-ros2-org/13099 "2020-03-16T20:09:05Z")

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Greetings all, I’m excited to announce the official start of Windows containerized builds on the ROS 2 buildfarm, ci.ros2.org. We have been testing these builds for a couple of months now and have seen improvements in r…

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## [Gazebo and more for ROS1 on Windows](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/gazebo-and-more-for-ros1-on-windows/7191)

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**Author:** [@seanyen-msft](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/seanyen-msft)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/gazebo-and-more-for-ros1-on-windows/7191 "2019-12-14T19:13:56Z")

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We’re excited to share you some news for ROS1 on Windows. In the past weeks, we enabled Gazebo and its ROS packages to natively run on Windows! Plus, credited to @ojura and the Cartographer team (thank you so much!), now…

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## [What are some of the challenges while using ROS on Windows?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/what-are-some-of-the-challenges-while-using-ros-on-windows/11051)

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**Author:** [@roycey](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/roycey)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/what-are-some-of-the-challenges-while-using-ros-on-windows/11051 "2019-10-16T17:35:01Z")

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I am a product manager and I am trying to understand what are the challenges that developers face while building their robotics applications in general and specifically around using ROS on windows. What is your checklis…

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## [Updating the VS Code extension for ROS to 0.5.0](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/updating-the-vs-code-extension-for-ros-to-0-5-0/10228)

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**Author:** [@james](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/james)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/updating-the-vs-code-extension-for-ros-to-0-5-0/10228 "2019-08-08T18:35:23Z")

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We are excited to introduce another update for the VS Code extension for ROS! This update adds support for previewing a URDF/Xacro file, utilizing ros3djs similar to this approach, but in VS Code! See this in action: F…

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## [Update to the VS Code extension for ROS](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/update-to-the-vs-code-extension-for-ros/9738)

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**Author:** [@james](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/james)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/update-to-the-vs-code-extension-for-ros/9738 "2019-07-08T20:01:08Z")

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We are excited to introduce an update for the VS Code extension for ROS! This update brings the extension to Windows, adds coverage for workspaces built with catkin\_make\_isolated, and updates the ROS Core monitor. More c…

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