When compiling VIM on windows, using nmake may be a better choice.. Because so far my attempts to compile VIM using mingw32/mingw-w64/make+gcc failed .. It could be that I didnot set the parameters correctly, but more likely is that it's far more complicated than I expect it to be. But luckily, using nmake does not mean to install VS.. A vcvarsall.bat along with all the binaries inside bin folder is enough for compiling .. But there's no downloads online, so maybe we have to prepare it ourselves.. Here is the VC vcvarsall.bat and all that needed to compile VIM or other source codes..[L:(P:Y5vJ)] And following is the VIM source codes..[L:(P:p2DT)] Tested on Win10.. If not working, please leave a comment.