From 425deb585e257762628f7e29ada8ba70840c4ed0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: davidsarah <>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:51:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] tweaks to instructions for Vista

[Imported from Trac: page InstallDetails, version 16]
---
 InstallDetails.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/InstallDetails.md b/InstallDetails.md
index ddb0001..0950c1e 100644
--- a/InstallDetails.md
+++ b/InstallDetails.md
@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@ If the build or install steps result in an error that says a compiler is needed,
 compiler=mingw32
 ```
 
-3. Add the MinGW binary path to your Path variable. To do that, go to the control panel (classic view), double-click "System", click on the "Advanced" tab, click on the "Environment Variables" button, scroll down to the "Path" variable in the "System Variables" list, double-click it, and append ";C:\MinGW\bin" to the path.  If you installed MinGW in some place other than C:\MinGW, adjust the path appropriately.
+3. Add the MinGW binary path to your Path variable. To do that, go to the control panel (classic view), and double-click "System". Click on the "Advanced" tab (for Vista, click the "Advanced system settings" link on the left and accept the elevation prompt), then click the "Environment Variables" button. Scroll down to the "Path" variable in the "System Variables" list, double-click it, append ";C:\MinGW\bin" to the path, and "OK" out of all the dialogs.  If you installed MinGW in some place other than C:\MinGW, adjust the path appropriately.
 
-After installing the compilers, repeat the "build" and "install" steps.
+After installing the compilers, repeat the above instructions from step 4 (using a new command prompt to make sure that the environment variable setting has taken effect).
 
 If you prefer to use Python 2.5, you must install a 2.5 build of pywin32 and also install OpenSSL or Tahoe will fail to run with an error about being unable to find ssl.dll.  To install OpenSSL: