# Help for Emacs+EmacsW32 Install Wizard

Emacs+EmacsW32 Install Wizard will install Emacs itself and EmacsW32 on your computer. The Install Wizard is a rather normal MS Windows installation program. Like for any wellbehaved installation program nothing is done until you in the last step click the "Install" button.

Some of the steps in the installation are explained below. Note: The pictures are slightly outdated since gnuclient/server is no longer included!

On this page:

- Step: Select Components
- Step: File type associations
- Step: Ready to install

## Step: Select Components

The drop-down list contains predefined choices, but you may also check the individual alternatives. The alternatives are:

Emacs itself
  The Emacs+EmacsW32 Install Wizard contains binaries for Emacs itself. If you want to redo other parts of the installation you should uncheck this part.
Install EmacsW32 Files
  This will just copy the EmacsW32 files. Most of those are emacs lisp files, but there are also some files you can use from the command line:
  - emacs.cmd - open a file with emacsclient.
  - ediff.cmd - compare two files using ediff in Emacs.
Windows Integration of EmacsW32
  EmacsW32 shortcuts (Desktop, SendTo, Start Programs, Quick Launch)
    This will add EmacsClient to Explorer.
  Associate selected file types with EmacsW32
    See Step: File type associations.

## Step: File type associations

This step is maybe a bit complicated. It is not necessary to do it however. If you want to do it then you probably want to choose the second alternative. The screen will look like this after that:

You can change the list of file extension to those you want. The list will be inspected by the installer and it will show you which the current associations are when you click next:

On this page you can then choose the file extensions you want to associate with Emacs. File types have a name, like EmacsFile. For a given file there can be several verbs. The most common verbs are "Open" (meant to open a file) and "Print" (meant to print a file). For each verb for a file type you can define what action to take.

## Step: Ready to install

When you have done all your choices for the installation a screen will be shown with a summary of that. Nothing is actually installed until you click "Install" here.