# Windows Installation
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/windows-installation/3719
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [March 2, 2020, 7:16am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/windows-installation/3719 "2020-03-02T07:16:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@rodc](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/rodc)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2020, 7:16am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/windows-installation/3719/1 "2020-03-02T07:16:50Z")
I have downloaded Paraview on Windows but cannot find documentation as to how to install and run it. Help would be appreciated
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2020, 7:31am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/windows-installation/3719/2 "2020-03-02T07:31:24Z")
Like any other software on windows.
- Download the installer from here : [https://www.paraview.org/download](https://www.paraview.org/download)
- Double click on it and install ParaView
- Run ParaView from the start menu
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### Author:  [@rodc](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/rodc)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/windows-installation/3719/3 "2020-03-02T09:13:08Z")
Mathieu
Many thanks for your prompt reply, downloaded and installed it and all seemed to complete without error, however when I came to run it I got a VCOMP140.DLL is missing error message. From searching Google it seems it is a system error and I will have to get some assistance tomorrow to fix it. I am in Adelaide South Australia so it will have to wait for tomorrow. But thanks for your assistance.
Rod Curtin
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### Author:  [@Michael](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Michael)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/windows-installation/3719/4 "2020-03-02T11:46:03Z")
It seems that you don’t have the redistributable packages.
You can download it here: [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145)
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### Author:  [@Michael](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Michael)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/windows-installation/3719/5 "2020-03-02T12:40:49Z")
@ben.boeckel @cory.quammen do you know why this DLL is not included in the release package?
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/windows-installation/3719/6 "2020-03-02T16:39:25Z")
It’s being addressed here: [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/common-superbuild/merge\_requests/347](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/common-superbuild/merge_requests/347)
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### Author:  [@rodc](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/rodc)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2020, 4:32am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/windows-installation/3719/7 "2020-03-03T04:32:16Z")
Thanks to all of you guys, now up and running.
Had used VTK since early 2000s doing visualisations of the sea bed for a Hydrographic firm but in a linux environment. Find windows an awfull environment.
You guys are a credit to the open source community
Rod Curtin