# Installation of McStas 3.5.16 on Windows 64 bit systems

* Please install the [McStas 3.5.16 metapackage](https://download.mcstas.org/mcstas-3.5.16/Windows/McStas-Metapackage-3.5.16-win64.exe)
* To enable use of MCPL with McStas 3.5.16 on Windows, please:
 1) Locate and run the executable `mcstas-mcpl-NSIS64-3.5.16-mingw64.exe` from the [single-packages folder](https://download.mcstas.org/mcstas-3.5.16/Windows/single-packages)
 2) During installation, please specify `c:\mcstas-3.5.16` as installation directory
 3) After installation, place the mcpl-related `.bat` files from the [extras folder](https://download.mcstas.org/mcstas-3.5.16/Windows/extras) folder in `c:\mcstas-3.5.16\bin`


* An alternative to installing this cross-compiled verison is to follow the instructions
posted under [WSL](WSL/README.md) to install the "Windows subsystem for Linux" and run the Debian binaries there
* Or use [conda-forge](../conda/README.md)

## Internet access required:
* If you are behind a proxy server, please use the commands
	```bash
		set HTTP_PROXY=http://your_proxy_ip:port
	```
	```bash
		set HTTPS_PROXY=https://your_proxy_ip:port
	```
in a cmd.exe shell and start the McStas installer from there	

## In case of issues
Please report any trouble with the repository to [mcstas-users](mailto:mcstas-users@mcstas.org)

