From 62bb3f95a6e3d9ed1851c54fd0d0bbf2896d506b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Veronica K. B. Olsen" <1619840+vkbo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 14:35:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Updated readme with some info for windows

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 README.md | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,10 +41,29 @@ These are optional, but recommended:
 
 Alternatively, the packages can be installed with `pip` by running
 ```
-pip install -r requirements.txt
+python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```
 in the application folder.
 
+You can also do them one at a time, skipping the ones you don't need:
+```
+python3 -m pip install pyqt5
+python3 -m pip install appdirs
+python3 -m pip install lxml
+python3 -m pip install pyenchant
+python3 -m pip install pycountry
+python3 -m pip install latexcodec
+```
+This may be necessary on Windows, as `pyenchant` may cause problems.
+I'm looking for a good alternative for spell checking.
+
+Note: On Windows, make sure Python3 is in your PATH if you want to launch novelWriter from command line.
+You can also right click the `novelWriter.py` file, create a shortcut.
+Then right click again, select "Properties" and change the target to your python executable and `novelWriter.py`.
+```
+C:\...\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\python.exe novelWriter.py
+```
+
 ## Key Features
 
 The text documents of novelWriter uses a format similar to markdown, but with a few extensions and a few omissions.