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Revert "Windows: add win-sdk/wgl externals during bootstrapping (#43459)" (#43819)

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John W. Parent
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Microsoft Visual Studio provides the only Windows C/C++ compiler that is currently supported by Spack.
Spack additionally requires that the Windows SDK (including WGL) to be installed as part of your
visual studio installation as it is required to build many packages from source.
We require several specific components to be included in the Visual Studio installation.
One is the C/C++ toolset, which can be selected as "Desktop development with C++" or "C++ build tools,"
@@ -1581,7 +1579,6 @@ depending on installation type (Professional, Build Tools, etc.) The other requ
"C++ CMake tools for Windows," which can be selected from among the optional packages.
This provides CMake and Ninja for use during Spack configuration.
If you already have Visual Studio installed, you can make sure these components are installed by
rerunning the installer. Next to your installation, select "Modify" and look at the
"Installation details" pane on the right.