How do I install security patch .SH files in Windows?

[Mattw11486]

Looking everywhere can't seem to find out how to update the security patches in windows? Any help?

[chiefair]

You start playing around with Cygwin and the Gnu Unix utilities for Windows so you can run a Linuxoid shell environment on Windows. The git utilities are also supposed to have a *nix shell environment as well.

For Cygwin, you may have to re-run the Cygwin setup utility and go select the patch utility package for installation in the Cygwin environment.

Or install Virtualbox, create a Linux VM, and go native environment development.

The other option is to read the patch files => - is removal, + is addition and manually apply the patches using a programming text editor or php IDE.

[shadmo]

Is there any reason  not to run a Ubuntu Live CD/DVD and then patch from a Linux command line from there?

Or else if you already have a Linux machine, copy the files to that using FileZilla or some such and patch them, then copy them back.

I'm betting a Live DVD is best because you can operate on the folder directly (after making the usual full backups of the files and database.

[chiefair]

Sounds ok, you'll just have to try it.

Personally, I find running Magento on Windows to be an annoying complication that has knock-on effects later down the road. I prefer developing on Windows, and installing and running Magento on its native OS which is Linux . Linux runs well on a VirtualBox VM which gives me the best of both Windows AND Linux. Between Mac and Linux for the test server, things just go easier.

[MyNetwork2016]

HI, 

Can you please guide me how to setup VM on Windows 10 and setup environment please.