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@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ MeshLab is available for Windows, MacOS, and Linux.
 You can find the last MeshLab release in the [Releases Tab](https://github.com/cnr-isti-vclab/meshlab/releases) for your favourite platform. [Github Actions](https://github.com/cnr-isti-vclab/meshlab/actions) is scheduled to relase a new beta version of MeshLab the first day of every month. 
 You can also test a built version of MeshLab generated by the last commit pushed in this repository, by downloading the artifacts of the last [Github Actions](https://github.com/cnr-isti-vclab/meshlab/actions) workflow.
 
+### Note for Windows
+Right now, the portable version of meshlab won't start if doesn't find a Visual C++ Compiler installed (Qt deployment still doesn't support MSVC19). If you get the error "MSVCP140.dll not found" or related, please install Visual C++ [here](https://support.microsoft.com/it-it/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads).
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 # Build instructions
 
 We provide a set of scripts that build and deploy automatically MeshLab. All the scripts can be found in the `meshlab/install` folder.