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+====== How to install Metafor? ======
+===== Video =====
+This video shows how to install Metafor on a PC running Windows.
+<html>
+<iframe width="853" height="480" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/14Wt2mst3B0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+</html>
+===== Download the installer =====
+Installers are available for Windows, Linux and macOS on this website: [[teaching:private:start|]]
+{{ :doc:user:tutorials:padlock.jpg?nolink&200|}}
+===== Step-by-step Procedure =====
+  * Run the installer and follow the instructions.
+  * Install the Visual 2015 C++ runtime libraries if they are not present on your system.
+  * Run Metafor (desktop link).
+  * Click on the padlock in order to import the license file (''metafor.lic'').
+  * Restart Metafor.
+===== Where is Metafor? =====
+By default, all the files are located in ''C:\Program Files\Metafor''
+{{ :doc:user:tutorials:what_is_installed.jpg?nolink&200|}}
+===== What is installed? =====
+Have a quick look at the files installed in ''C:\Program Files\Metafor''.
+  * ''Metafor'': Binary files (*.exe, *.dll, etc.).
+  * ''.../apps'': Lots of examples (input files).
+  * ''.../metafor.ltas.ulg.ac.be'': Offline documentation (html files).
+  * ''.../python'': Local installation of python.
+  * ''.../toolbox'': Python toolbox of Metafor.
+  * ''.../wrap'': Python/C++ interface.