## Prerequisites
* Windows 7 or later
-* Visual Studio 2010 Express or higher
+* Visual Studio 2010 Express or Profissional
+ * Make sure "X64 Compilers and Tools" are installed if you use the
+ Profissional edition
* [Python 2.7](http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7/)
* [node.js](http://nodejs.org/)
* [git](http://git-scm.com)
+If you are using Visual Studio 2010 __Express__ then you also need following
+softwares:
+
+* [WDK](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=11800)
+* [Windows 7 SDK](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8279)
+
The instructions bellow are executed under [cygwin](http://www.cygwin.com),
but it's not a requirement, you can also build atom-shell under Windows's
console or other terminals.