From 8a3b6984cd35d64cfd22db83d13690b2e62eb5f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SeaDude <SeaDude@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 23:22:08 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Added Mercenary's suggestion
---
doc/compile_Windows.md | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/compile_Windows.md b/doc/compile_Windows.md
index 970c8ab..3b236be 100644
--- a/doc/compile_Windows.md
+++ b/doc/compile_Windows.md
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
## Compile
-- download `xmr-stak` [Source Code.zip](https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak/releases) and save to a location in your `User` folder
+- download `xmr-stak` [Source Code.zip](https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak/releases) and save to a location in your home folder (C:\Users\USERNAME\)
- extract the Source Code.zip file
- open the command line terminal `cmd`
- `cd` to the extracted source code directory
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@
mkdir build
cd build
```
+ - Sometimes Windows will `cd` to `C:\Users\USERNAME\source\build\` instead of `C:\Users\USERNAME\xmr-stak-<version>\build`. Ensure you are in the correct `build` directory before proceeding.
+
- for CUDA 8*
```
cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -T v140,host=x64 ..
--
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