</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Run <Filename>setup.exe</Filename>.
-(If you have a previous version of GHC, Installshield will offer to "modify",
+On Windows, all of GHC's files are installed in a single directory.
+If you choose ``Custom'' from the list of install options, you will be given a
+choice about where this directory is; otherwise it will be installed
+in <filename>c:/ghc/<replaceable>ghc-version</replaceable></filename>.
+The executable binary for GHC will be installed in the <filename>bin/</filename> sub-directory
+of the installation directory you choose.
+</para>
+<para>(If you have already installed the same version of GHC, Installshield will offer to "modify",
or "remove" GHC. Choose "remove"; then run <Filename>setup.exe</Filename> a
second time. This time it should offer to install.)
</para>
<para>
-At this point you should find GHCi and the GHC documentation are
+When installation is complete, you should find GHCi and the GHC documentation are
available in your Start menu under "Start/Programs/Glasgow Haskell Compiler".
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>
-The final dialogue box from the install process tells you where GHC has
-been installed. If you want to invoke GHC from a command line, add this
-to your PATH environment variable. Usually, GHC installs into
-<Filename>c:/ghc/ghc-5.02</Filename>, though the last part of this path
-depends on which version of GHC you are installing, of course.
-You need to add <Filename>c:/ghc/ghc-5.02/bin</Filename> to your path if yo
+The final dialogue box from the install process reminds you where the GHC binary
+has been installed (usually <filename>c:/ghc/<replaceable>ghc-version</replaceable>/bin/</filename>.
+If you want to invoke GHC from a command line, add this
+to your PATH environment variable.
</para></listitem>
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