Packaging Flet App for Windows

This document outlines the steps and requirements for packaging a Flet application into a standalone Windows executable.

Prerequisites

**Visual Studio 2022**: Must be installed.

**Workload**: The **Desktop development with C++** workload must be installed within Visual Studio 2022.

**Installation Guide**: Refer to external guides for detailed instructions on installing the correct Visual Studio components for Flutter desktop development.

Build Command

**Command**: flet build windows

**Platform Restriction**: This command can only be executed on the Windows operating system.

Troubleshooting

**Developer Mode**: If the build process fails with an error indicating a requirement for symlink support (e.g., "Building with plugins requires symlink support."), Developer Mode must be enabled on the system.

* **Enabling Developer Mode**: Open Windows Settings by running start ms-settings:developers and enable the Developer Mode option. * **Reference**: Consult external guides for detailed steps on enabling Developer Mode.