Binary install, Windows

• Start by unpacking the mcstas-1.8-i686-unknown-Win32.zip package using e.g. Winzip.
• Execute the install.bat installation script. Follow the on screen instructions.
• Set the required (see output of install.bat) environment variables using
  
  'Start/Settings/Control Panel/System/Advanced/Environment Variables'
  
  • PATH Append e.g. C:\mcstas\bin
  • MCSTAS Create it as e.g. C:\mcstas\lib

It is important that Perl is correctly installed to execute all the McStas tools (e.g. mcdoc.pl, mcrun.pl, mcgui.pl, ...). Create a shortcut of the C:\mcstas\bin\mcgui.pl on your Desktop (the icon should be a yellow dot). Whenever launched from the Windows Command window (cmd), you must specify the .pl extension to all McStas Perl script commands (e.g. 'mcrun.pl' and 'mcgui.pl', not 'mcrun' or 'mcgui') except for mcstas itself.

Actually, the modifications to your environnement variables should be

• PATH Append e.g.
  C:\mcstas\bin;c:\Program Files\Scilab-2.7.2\bin;C:\Perl\bin\;C:\Dev-Cpp\bin;
• MCSTAS Create it as e.g. C:\mcstas\lib

using menu item 'Start/Settings/Control Panel/System/Advanced/Environment Variables'. On some Windows systems, it may be necessary to logout/login (no need to restart the computer) to make these changes active for the whole session.