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The syntax is the same used for Visual Studio extensions, where square brackets like "[" mean inclusive, and parenthesis like "(" mean exclusive. A comma is always required, but eliding the minimum version looks for all older versions and eliding the maximum version looks for all newer versions. See the [vswhere wiki](https://github.com/microsoft/vswhere/wiki) for more details.
## Specifying prerelease versions of Visual Studio (optional)
If you need your Actions runner to target a prerelease version of Visual Studio , simply add the `vs-prerelease` input. This is necessary if you want to run an action on the `windows-2022` virtual environment (https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/blob/main/images/win/Windows2022-Readme.md).
```yml
- name: Add msbuild to PATH
uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v1.1
with:
vs-prerelease: true
```
## Specifying host architecture of Visual Studio (optional)
By default the host tools will use the x86 architecture, but it is possible to target the x64 versions instead. Simply add the `msbuild-architecture` input. Valid input values are `x86` and `x64`.
```yml
- name: Add msbuild to PATH
uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v1.1
with:
msbuild-architecture: x64
```
## How does this work?
This makes use of the vswhere tool which is a tool delivered by Microsoft to help in identifying Visual Studio installs and various components. This tool is installed on the hosted Windows runners for GitHub Actions. If you are using a self-hosted runner, you either need to make sure vswhere.exe is in your agent's PATH or specify a full path to the location using: