From: david-sarah <david-sarah@jacaranda.org>
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 00:49:38 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: docs/quickstart.html: extra step to open a new Command Prompt or log out/in on Windows.
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docs/quickstart.html: extra step to open a new Command Prompt or log out/in on Windows.
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diff --git a/docs/quickstart.html b/docs/quickstart.html
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@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 
     <p>Run <cite>python setup.py build</cite> to generate the <cite>tahoe</cite> executable in a subdirectory of the current directory named <cite>bin</cite>.</p>
 
+    <p>On Windows, the <cite>build</cite> step might tell you to open a new Command Prompt (or, on XP and earlier, to log out and back in again). This is needed the first time you set up Tahoe-LAFS on a particular installation of Windows.</p>
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     <p>Optionally run <cite>python setup.py test</cite> to verify that it passes all of its self-tests.</p>
 
     <p>Run <cite>bin/tahoe --version</cite> to verify that the executable tool prints out the right version number.</p>