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docs: fix typo and malformed .NET link in Windows installation guide
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# Windows
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## Install via Windows installer
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To Install the binary package of OpenMS & {term}`TOPP`:
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1. Download the installer `OpenMS-<version>-Win64.exe` from the [archive](https://abibuilder.cs.uni-tuebingen.de/archive/openms/OpenMSInstaller/release/latest/)
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1. Download the installer `OpenMS-<version>-Win64.exe` from the [archive](https://abibuilder.cs.uni-tuebingen.de/archive/openms/OpenMSInstaller/release/latest/)
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2. Execute the installer under the user account that later runs OpenMS and follow its instructions.
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You may see a Windows Defender Warning, since our installer is not digitally signed.
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Click on "More Info", and then "Run anyways".
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![](/_images/installations/win/smartscreen.gif)
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When asked for an admin authentication, please enter the credentials (it is not advised to directly invoke the installer using an admin account).
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## Known issues
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1. During installation, an error message pops up, saying:
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>"The installation of the Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1' package failed!
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> "The installation of the Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1' package failed!
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You must download and install it manually in order for Proteowizard to work.
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This should only happen if installion is done by selecting the "Third Party - Proteowizard" components. The reason is
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This should only happen if installation is done by selecting the "Third Party - Proteowizard" components. The reason is
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usually that **.NET 3.5 SP1** is already installed (see Windows Control Panel). If it's not installed, follow the
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instructions of the error message.
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2. During installation, an error message pops up, saying:
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> "The installation of the Visual Studio redistributable package ... failed. ..."
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This is a known issue with a Microsoft package, we cannot do anything about it.
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receive an error message (this is also the reason why the OpenMS setup complained about it). You might have to find
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the solution to fix the problem in your local machine. If you're lucky the error message is instructive and the
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problem is easy to fix.
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3. During installation, an error message pops up saying:
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>"Error opening installation log file"
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> "Error opening installation log file"
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To fix, check the system environment variables. Make sure they are apt. There should a `TMP` and a `TEMP` variable,
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and both should contain one directory only, which exists and is writable. Fix accordingly (search the internet on
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how to change environment variables on Windows).
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4. For Win8 or later, Windows will report an error while installing `.net4` as it's mostly included. But it might occur
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that `.net3.5` does not get properly installed during the process.
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Fix is to enable the .NET Framework 3.5 yourself through Control Panel. See this [Microsoft help page](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/install/dotnet-35-windows).aspx#ControlPanel) for detailed information. Even if this step fails, this does not affect the functionality of OpenMS, except for the executability of included third party tools (ProteoWizard).
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Fix is to enable the .NET Framework 3.5 yourself through Control Panel. See this [Microsoft help page](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/install/dotnet-35-windows) for detailed information. Even if this step fails, this does not affect the functionality of OpenMS, except for the executability of included third party tools (ProteoWizard).

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