---
title: Install zrok in Windows
sidebar_label: Windows
---

import { AssetsProvider } from '@site/src/components/assets-context';
import DownloadCard from '@site/src/components/download-card';
import styles from '@site/src/css/download-card.module.css';

## Extract Distribution

<AssetsProvider>
  <div className={styles.downloadContainer}>
    <DownloadCard
      osName="Windows"
      osLogo="/img/logo-windows.svg"
    />
  </div>
</AssetsProvider>

Unarchive the distribution in a temporary directory:

```text
New-Item -Path "$env:TEMP\zrok" -ItemType Directory -ErrorAction Stop
tar -xf .\zrok*windows*.tar.gz -C "$env:TEMP\zrok"
```

Install the `zrok` executable and include HOME\bin in the search PATH.

```text
$source = Join-Path -Path $env:TEMP -ChildPath "zrok\zrok.exe"
$destination = Join-Path -Path $env:HOME -ChildPath "bin\zrok.exe"
New-Item -Path $destination -ItemType Directory -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Copy-Item -Path $source -Destination $destination
$env:path += ";"+$destination
```

With the `zrok` executable in your path, you can then execute the `zrok` directly.

```text
zrok version
```

```buttonless title="Output"
               _    
 _____ __ ___ | | __
|_  / '__/ _ \| |/ /
 / /| | | (_) |   < 
/___|_|  \___/|_|\_\

v0.4.0 [c889005]
```