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{{Note note | October 18, 2011: The contents of this page are partly obsolete. To start with, MK IV is warmly recommended nowadays, and the command used for various operations is no longer <code>texexec</code>, in MK IV it is (usually) <code>context</code>. At least try the other Windows installation pages, linked to this page, before following these instructions.}}
== Requirements ==
# Download the ConTeXt Standalone [http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-setup-mswin.zip here]
# Run <code>first-setup.bat</code> from the command line. By default, this will download the beta version. If you want the stable version, add <code>--context=current</code>
# It is probably a good idea to make sure ConTeXt is visible from the PATH. In Windows 7, you should go to System > Advanced > Environment Variables and add <code>C:\context\tex\texmf-mswin\bin</code> to your user PATH, assuming you put your ConTeXt folder in <code>C:\</code>. This will allow you to run ConTeXt from the command line anywhere, using <code>context filename.tex</code>.
# Install the [http://www.tug.org/texworks/ TexWorks] standalone and accept the default options upon installation.
# Go to Preferences > Typesetting and add the directory where <code>context.exe</code> is located. It is the same one you added to your PATH.
If you place the <code>pragmatex</code> file in your ConTeXt directory, this will allow you to call ConTeXt from anywhere on your computer with one click. The disadvantage is that it's linked to a specific .tex file.
===Use the same .bat file to run ConTeXt with any .tex file===
# You can use the .bat file above for any .tex file you have.
Just do the following modification:
<pre>call C:\Programs\context\usr\local\context\pragmatex.bat
context %1</pre>
and save it as ConTeXtthis.bat. Now, you can use it this way:
<pre>ConTeXtthis.bat anyfile.tex </pre>
Where anyfile.tex is your main ConTeXt source file. This whole instruction works well whit TeXnicCenter
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