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Merge pull request #738 from sv222/update-installing 

Update installation instructions for Windows in INSTALLING.md
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@ -21,8 +21,16 @@ You may need to need to change the version number (`4.4.0`) and the archive
See the [releases page][releases] for a list of supported platforms.
#### Windows
TODO: community support is requested here. Please open a PR if you'd like to
contribute installation instructions for Windows.
To install "cheat" on Windows using PowerShell, follow these steps:
- Open PowerShell as an administrator. You can do this by right-clicking the Windows PowerShell or PowerShell application in the Start menu and selecting 'Run as administrator'.
- Copy and paste the following command into the elevated PowerShell window:
```sh
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://github.com/cheat/cheat/releases/download/4.4.0/cheat-windows-amd64.exe.zip' -OutFile cheat-windows-amd64.exe.zip ; Expand-Archive -Path .\cheat-windows-amd64.exe.zip -DestinationPath 'C:\Program Files\Cheat' -Force ; Rename-Item -Path 'C:\Program Files\Cheat\cheat-windows-amd64.exe' -NewName 'cheat.exe' ; [System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('Path', [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('Path', [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine) + ';C:\Program Files\Cheat', [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine)
```
- Open the shell again for a new session and use "cheat".
### Install via `go install`
If you have `go` version `>=1.17` available on your `PATH`, you can install
@ -35,13 +43,13 @@ go install github.com/cheat/cheat/cmd/cheat@latest
### Install via package manager
Several community-maintained packages are also available:
Package manager | Package(s)
---------------- | -----------
aur | [cheat][pkg-aur-cheat], [cheat-bin][pkg-aur-cheat-bin]
brew | [cheat][pkg-brew]
docker | [docker-cheat][pkg-docker]
nix | [nixos.cheat][pkg-nix]
snap | [cheat][pkg-snap]
| Package manager | Package(s) |
|-----------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| aur | [cheat][pkg-aur-cheat], [cheat-bin][pkg-aur-cheat-bin] |
| brew | [cheat][pkg-brew] |
| docker | [docker-cheat][pkg-docker] |
| nix | [nixos.cheat][pkg-nix] |
| snap | [cheat][pkg-snap] |
<!--[pacman][] |-->