Originally published on December 1, 2022 at https://bruno.verachten.fr/2022/12/01/building-the-jenkins-msi-on-your-windows-machine/ Should you ever need to rebuild a Jenkins MSI on your Windows machine, here is a way to do it. Pre-requisites Jenkins WAR file First of all, you should get the Jenkins war file that will be inside that MSI file. You can get it from the official Jenkins website or from the Jenkins update center. I will use the official Jenkins website in this article. Check Jenkins download page and download the latest weekly version of Jenkins for example. Git tool You have a few options here: * Install Git for Windows * Use your IDE to clone the repository * Use GitHub Desktop * Use SourceTree * Use Cygwin integrated Git command * […​] Install MSBuild You can install MSBuild from Visual Studio or from the Build Tools for Visual Studio . This command line tool is used to build the MSI file. Install .NET Framework 3.5 You may already have it installed on your machine, but not activated.…