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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hello all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I am a very fresh user of McStas. I am having troubles getting McStas to work on my computer (Windows 64 bit).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">There is a simple installation file for windows for McStas version <= 1.12, however, there seems to be a problem (I get an error popup) with compatibility of c compiler cc.exe and 64 bit windows which I would
expect everybody has nowadays.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Newer incarnations have 64 bit versions, however, at least the newest one (2.0) is a zip file consisting of several .exe files which don’t actually give you a program once you install all of them. I have no
idea whatsoever how this is supposed to be installed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">There are no contemporary installation instructions for Windows on the McStas webpage. Would it be possible to have them, at least in the README file within the installation zip file?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">There seem to be some instructions on one of the mailing list’s previous threads, but, since it is spread over several emails, I cannot really understand in which order to do what.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I understand that McStas is a complex program that took quite a few of man-years of volunteers’ work to develop. It would still be extremely useful if the windows developer(s) or at least one of the more experienced users
would invest 5 minutes to write 10 sentences about the order of installation of exe files and how to run the (gui) program afterwards. It would really save newbies like me a bit of initial frustration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best wishes from Lausanne,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Kruno<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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