# Windows

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### Windows Installation

1. Click on the [downloaded](../../../getting-started/download-and-access) .exe file.
2. That will start the installation process on your computer.

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3. Once the process is finished you can open SnowConvert from your applications menu.

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4. After you start the application you can create a new assessment or conversion project or open an existing one.

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### Setting up the CLI

1.  The first step to set up the SnowConvert CLI in your Windows environment is to download the corresponding _.zip_ file (see the image below) that contains all the necessary elements to run the CLI version of SnowConvert.\\

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2. Then you have to extract that data and put it in a convenient location that you can use to include it in your PATH environment variable. In this example, the file is in the C:\ drive. You have to copy the path where your files are located. For this example it would be: `C:\SnowConvert-CLI-arm646-windows`

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4. Search "environment variables" in the Windows search bar and click on **Edit environment variables for your account**.

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5. This will open a new window. Click on the **Edit** button while selecting the **Path** variable for your user.
6. This will open another window. Click on **New** and then paste the path that you had copied earlier. You must append this text at the end of the path: **\orchestrator** . For example, if you copied: `C:\SnowConvert-CLI-arm646-windows`, after appending that text, you will have: `C:\SnowConvert-CLI-arm646-windows\orchestrator` .
7. Click on OK to leave the current window, and then click on OK to leave the **Edit environment variables for your account** window.
8. You can now use the **snowct** command in the command line (you might need to open a new command line).
9.  Verify that it was added correctly by executing`snowct --version`. You will see the information for your SnowConvert CLI version displayed.

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