diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md index 1e2b9fe9a9..eab7703de4 100644 --- a/INSTALL.md +++ b/INSTALL.md @@ -654,8 +654,7 @@ files yourself. The `-win.zip archive` already contains `*.bat` files which will work if GAP is installed in the standard location, which is `C:\gap-4.X.Y`. To install GAP there, the archive must be extracted to the main directory of the `C:` drive. -(If you do not have permissions or sufficient free space to create directories -there, see the section "Expert Windows Installation" below). Make sure that +Make sure that you specify extraction to the `C:\` folder (with no extra directory name -- the directory `gap-4.X.Y` is part of the archive) to avoid extraction in a wrong place or in a separate directory. @@ -673,10 +672,10 @@ Note that `gap.bat` will open two windows - one actually running GAP and an auxiliary one, which may be minimised but should not be closed (otherwise the GAP session will be terminated). -If you need to install GAP in a non-standard directory under Windows, we advice +If you need to install GAP in a non-standard directory under Windows, we advise to use the Windows `.exe` installers which will adjust all paths in batch files -during the installation. Whenever you use a Windows installer or install GAP f -rom the `-win.zip` archive, you should avoid paths with spaces, e.g. do not use +during the installation. Whenever you use a Windows installer or install GAP +from the `-win.zip` archive, you should avoid paths with spaces, e.g. do not use `C:\My Programs\gap-4.X.Y`. If you need to install GAP on another logical drive, say `E:`, the easiest way would be just to use `E:\gap-4.X.Y`.