From 8c9bb23650ba3c0c0bc7b25a359f997e130feb25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 00:19:03 +0200
Subject: Update windows install instructions (#4351)

---
 README.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'README.md')

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 85f80b65..5847a612 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,9 +48,25 @@ config directory (for example `~/.config/helix/runtime` on Linux/macOS, or `%App
 
 | OS                   | Command                                          |
 | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
-| Windows (cmd.exe)    | `xcopy /e /i runtime %AppData%\helix\runtime`    |
+| Windows (Cmd)        | `xcopy /e /i runtime %AppData%\helix\runtime`    |
 | Windows (PowerShell) | `xcopy /e /i runtime $Env:AppData\helix\runtime` |
-| Linux/macOS          | `ln -s $PWD/runtime ~/.config/helix/runtime`     |
+| Linux / MacOS        | `ln -s $PWD/runtime ~/.config/helix/runtime`     |
+
+Starting with Windows Vista you can also create symbolic links on Windows. Note that this requires
+elevated priviliges - i.e. PowerShell or Cmd must be run as administrator.
+
+**PowerShell:**
+
+```powershell
+New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Target "runtime" -Path "$Env:AppData\helix\runtime"
+```
+
+**Cmd:**
+
+```cmd
+cd %appdata%\helix
+mklink /D runtime "<helix-repo>\runtime"
+```
 
 This location can be overridden via the `HELIX_RUNTIME` environment variable.
 
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