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 cd build && cmake ../ && make
 ```
 
+MSVC users must manually set `SNAPPY_HAVE_SSSE3`, `SNAPPY_HAVE_X86_CRC32`,
+`SNAPPY_HAVE_BMI2`, `SNAPPY_HAVE_NEON_CRC32`, and `SNAPPY_HAVE_NEON` due to
+MSVC's incorrect architecture detection, if using pre-`/arch:AVX2`.
+
 Usage
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