Add build instructions for building with Visual Studio from the command line (#3655)

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To compile with rules, select "Release-PCRE" or "Debug-PCRE" configuration. pcre.lib (pcre64.lib for x64 builds) and pcre.h are expected to be in /externals then. A current version of PCRE for Visual Studio can be obtained using [vcpkg](https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg). To compile with rules, select "Release-PCRE" or "Debug-PCRE" configuration. pcre.lib (pcre64.lib for x64 builds) and pcre.h are expected to be in /externals then. A current version of PCRE for Visual Studio can be obtained using [vcpkg](https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg).
### Visual Studio (from command line)
If you do not wish to use the Visual Studio IDE, you can compile cppcheck from the command line the following command.
```shell
msbuild cppcheck.sln
```
### VS Code (on Windows) ### VS Code (on Windows)
Install MSYS2 to get GNU toolchain with g++ and gdb (https://www.msys2.org/). Install MSYS2 to get GNU toolchain with g++ and gdb (https://www.msys2.org/).