# Include ITK in own project in Visual studio 2022

**URL:** <https://discourse.itk.org/t/include-itk-in-own-project-in-visual-studio-2022/5178>\
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**Created:** [July 14, 2022, 9:28am UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/include-itk-in-own-project-in-visual-studio-2022/5178 "2022-07-14T09:28:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![KateDelb](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/katedelb/32/2670_2.png) [@KateDelb](https://discourse.itk.org/u/KateDelb)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 9:28am UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/include-itk-in-own-project-in-visual-studio-2022/5178/1 "2022-07-14T09:28:12Z")

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This might be a stupid question, but I’m new so bare with me. I’m trying to include ITK into my on visual studio project:

project-\>properties-\>c/c+±\>general-\>Additional Include

But I’m not quite sure what to include? I would expect there to be an include folder within my build of ITK but there isn’t (see image).

 ![image](https://discourse.itk.org/uploads/default/original/2X/1/1aa861578bef72fc8bfe7cabdda4f2259585e560.png)

Now I’m unsure of what exactly needs to be included?

Any help would be much appreciated

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**Author:** ![zivy](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/zivy/32/1726_2.png) [@zivy](https://discourse.itk.org/u/zivy)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/include-itk-in-own-project-in-visual-studio-2022/5178/2 "2022-07-14T12:49:54Z")

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Hello @KateDelb,

The recommended ITK workflow is to use [CMake](https://cmake.org/) to configure your project, not the IDE. See the ITK book for a basic [Hello World example](https://itk.org/ITKSoftwareGuide/html/Book1/ITKSoftwareGuide-Book1ch2.html#x22-270002.5).