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''Note. Valid as of September 2009. All instructions tested on newly installed Windows Vista mid-October 2009 and it worked. Without Ruby.''
This page gives instructions on how to easily install ConTeXt Minimals Standalone and the SciTe editor on your XP or Vista so that you can compile a document with a few mouse-clicks. If this is not what you want to do, see the [[Installation]] page instead.
== Step 1: Download all bits and pieces ==
* '''ConTeXt''': Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky's [http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-installer/ContextMinimalInstall.exe Windows installer] for the Minimals Standalone is a hassle-free alternative
* '''SciTE''' Editor: The easiest way is to get Troy Simpson's [http://opensource.ebswift.com/SciTEInstaller/ Windows installer for SciTe]
* '''Ruby''' (only for pdftex, i.e. ConTeXt MKII): if you have files that need to be run in MKII/pdftex, [http://rubyinstaller.org/ download Ruby] (a scripting language, a bit like Perl); ''if you start from scratch, Ruby is not needed!''
Now you have all the files you need to successfully setup ConTeXt on your Windows computer. But do not drop the network connection yet!
You will need internet to get the rest of ConTeXt while installing, which is why the Minimals Standalone Installer is so small itself.
{{note| As of June 2011, The GUI installer still seems to be broken (at least in 64-bit Windows7), so you may have to [[ConTeXt_MinimalsConTeXt_Standalone#Command_line_method| install the minimals standalone from the command line]]. In that case you will have to add <tt>C:\''yourcontextfolder''\tex\texmf-mswin\bin</tt> to the search path (remember to reboot the computer after this, before you attempt to use your ConTeXt with SciTE).}}
== Step 2: Install ConTeXt and SciTE ==
* If you need Ruby, install it by double-clicking the downloaded installer file. ''Do not install SciTE via Ruby installer'' (even thought it'll offer that), the One True SciTE is the one you get from Scintilla
Now all the components of a working system are installed: ConTeXt Minimals Standalone and SciTE for ConTeXt MKIV (only), ConTeXt MinimalsStandalone, SciTE and Ruby for ConTeXt MKIV and MKII.
== Step 3: Configure for full cooperation ==
