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Binary install, Windows

- Start by unpacking the `mcstas-1.9-i686-unknown-Win32.zip` package using e.g. Winzip.
- Execute the `install.bat` installation script. Follow the on screen instructions.
- Set the required (see output of `install.bat`) environment variables using
  'Start/Settings/Control Panel/System/Advanced/Environment Variables'
  - `PATH` - Append e.g. `C:\mcstas\bin`
  - `MCSTAS` - Create it as e.g. `C:\mcstas\lib`

It is important that Perl is correctly installed to execute all the McStas tools (e.g. mcdoc.pl, mcrun.pl, mcgui.pl, ...). Create a shortcut of the `C:\mcstas\bin\mcgui.pl` on your Desktop (the icon should be a yellow dot). Whenever launched from the Windows Command window (cmd), you must specify the .pl extension to all McStas Perl script commands (e.g. 'mcrun.pl' and 'mcgui.pl', not 'mcrun' or 'mcgui') except for `mcstas` itself.

Actually, the modifications to your environnement variables should be

- `PATH` - Append e.g.
  `C:\mcstas\bin;c:\Program Files\Scilab-3.0\bin;C:\Perl\bin\;C:\Dev-Cpp\bin;`
- `MCSTAS` - Create it as e.g. `C:\mcstas\lib`

using menu item 'Start/Settings/Control Panel/System/Advanced/Environment Variables'. On some Windows systems, it may be necessary to logout/login (no need to restart the computer) to make these changes active for the whole session.