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# CS:Govern Installation (Windows)

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## Installing CS:Govern (Windows)

Installing CS:Govern takes a few seconds and does not touch any system files or registry values. You should not need an administrator.

* Make sure your computer meets the prerequisites.
  * All required software is packaged in the download as long as a Win64 version of the application is selected.
* Download CS:Govern from CapStorm.
* Change to the directory containing the directory *CopyStorm* (this is the directory in which CopyStorm is installed and is often **C:/capstorm**). Be sure that you have administrative privileges on this directory so that you can unzip the download into this location (see the next step.)
* Unzip the downloaded zip file into the same the directory as the step above. A directory named *CSGovern* will be created at the same level as *CopyStorm*.
* Go to the CSGovern directory and:
  * Double click on CSGovern.bat