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+## Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct
+
+This project has adopted the [Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/).
+For more information see the [Code of Conduct FAQ](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/faq/) or contact [opencode@microsoft.com](mailto:opencode@microsoft.com) with any additional questions or comments.
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 # Visual Studio 2017 documentation for Visual C++
 
 Welcome! This repo contains source files for the work-in-progress Visual C++ technical documentation. The topics are published on the [Visual C++ documentation site](https://docs.microsoft.com/cpp).
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 Several feature areas of Visual Studio have their own folders in this repo, such as **standard-library** for topics on the C++ Standard Library, **ide** for topics on the Visual Studio interactive development environment (IDE), and so forth. The **/media** subfolder in each folder contains art files for the topics. The [Contributing guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) has more information.
 
-This project has adopted the [Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/). For more information see the [Code of Conduct FAQ](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/faq/) or contact [opencode@microsoft.com](mailto:opencode@microsoft.com) with any additional questions or comments.
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+This project has adopted the [Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/). For more information see the [Code of Conduct FAQ](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/faq/) or contact [opencode@microsoft.com](mailto:opencode@microsoft.com) with any additional questions or comments.