doc: updated building docs for windows

PR-URL: #49767 Reviewed-By: Jacob Smith <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Rafael Gonzaga <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Moshe Atlow <[email protected]>
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@@ -576,9 +576,9 @@ to run it again before invoking `make -j4`.
 
 * [Python 3.11](https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/python-311/9NRWMJP3717K)
 * The "Desktop development with C++" workload from
-  [Visual Studio 2019](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/older-downloads/#visual-studio-2019-and-other-products) or
+  [Visual Studio 2022](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/) or
   the "C++ build tools" workload from the
-  [Build Tools](https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vs_buildtools.exe),
+  [Build Tools](https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vs_buildtools.exe),
   with the default optional components
 * Basic Unix tools required for some tests,
   [Git for Windows](https://git-scm.com/download/win) includes Git Bash
@@ -590,11 +590,12 @@ to run it again before invoking `make -j4`.
 
 Optional requirements to build the MSI installer package:
 
-* The .NET SDK component from [Visual Studio 2019](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/older-downloads/#visual-studio-2019-and-other-products)
+* The .NET SDK component from [Visual Studio 2022](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/)
+  * This component can be installed via the Visual Studio Installer Application
 
 Optional requirements for compiling for Windows 10 on ARM (ARM64):
 
-* Visual Studio 15.9.0 or newer
+* Visual Studio 17.6.0 or newer
 * Visual Studio optional components
   * Visual C++ compilers and libraries for ARM64
   * Visual C++ ATL for ARM64
@@ -610,17 +611,17 @@ packages:
 * [Git for Windows](https://chocolatey.org/packages/git) with the `git` and
   Unix tools added to the `PATH`
 * [Python 3.x](https://chocolatey.org/packages/python)
-* [Visual Studio 2019 Build Tools](https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2019buildtools)
-  with [Visual C++ workload](https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2019-workload-vctools)
+* [Visual Studio 2022 Build Tools](https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2022buildtools)
+  with [Visual C++ workload](https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2022-workload-vctools)
 * [NetWide Assembler](https://chocolatey.org/packages/nasm)
 
 To install Node.js prerequisites using
 [Boxstarter WebLauncher](https://boxstarter.org/weblauncher), open
 <https://boxstarter.org/package/nr/url?https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nodejs/node/HEAD/tools/bootstrap/windows_boxstarter>
 with Internet Explorer or Edge browser on the target machine.
 
-Alternatively, you can use PowerShell. Run those commands from an elevated
-PowerShell terminal:
+Alternatively, you can use PowerShell. Run those commands from
+an elevated (Administrator) PowerShell terminal:
 
 ```powershell
 Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Force
@@ -635,8 +636,16 @@ disk space.
 
 #### Building Node.js
 
-If the path to your build directory contains a space or a non-ASCII character,
-the build will likely fail.
+* Remember to first clone the Node.js repository with the Git command
+  and head to the directory that Git created; If you haven't already
+  ```powershell
+  git clone https://github.com/nodejs/node.git
+  cd node
+  ```
+* If the path to your build directory contains a space or a non-ASCII character,
+  the build will likely fail
+
+To start the build process:
 
 ```powershell
 .\vcbuild
@@ -697,7 +706,7 @@ This is the default option.
 ### Trimmed: `small-icu` (English only) support
 
 In this configuration, only English data is included, but
-the full `Intl` (ECMA-402) APIs.  It does not need to download
+the full `Intl` (ECMA-402) APIs. It does not need to download
 any dependencies to function. You can add full data at runtime.
 
 #### Unix/macOS

diff --git a/tools/bootstrap/windows_boxstarter b/tools/bootstrap/windows_boxstarter
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
 
 # Git and Unix tools will be added to the PATH
 choco install git -params /GitAndUnixToolsOnPath -y
-choco install python python2 -y
+choco install python3 -y
 
-# Installs VS 2019 Build Tools
-choco install visualstudio2019buildtools -y
-choco install visualstudio2019-workload-vctools -y --params="--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.ARM64 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.ATL.ARM64"
+# Installs VS 2022 Build Tools
+choco install visualstudio2022buildtools -y
+choco install visualstudio2022-workload-vctools -y --params="--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.ARM64 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.ATL.ARM64"
 
 # NASM
 choco install nasm -y