Running the SideTool requires Microsoft Windows operating system (version 2000 or later).
Compiling the SideTool requires:
- Digital Mars C/C++ compiler;
- Windows® Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK.
- Install Windows® Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK.
- Extract Digital Mars C/C++ Compiler Version 8.57 to the folder C:.
- Modify the configuration file C:\DM\bin\sc.ini: ... INCLUDE="%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Platform SDK\Include";%@P%..\include";"%@P%..\mfc\include";%INCLUDE% ...
- Create the folder C:\WORK\SideTool with source files from this repository.
- Create the folder C:\WORK\IADF with source files from the IADF repository.
Open the Windows command line cmd.exe and type the commands:
PATH C:\DM\bin;%PATH%
CD \WORK\SideTool
make.exe
The resulting file sidetool.exe will appear in the folder C:\WORK\SideTool. It can be placed anywhere in the file system and executed.