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+# Cmder Installer
+
+This repository was created as a wrapper around my favorite terminal emulator [Cmder](https://github.com/cmderdev/cmder).
+
+The goal is to distribute it to [winget](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/) and make it available with the new Windows Package Manager. Cmder is a portable application and to create the MSIX package, we needed to create an installer to include the vendor resources.
+
+## Instructions
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+1. The [latest release](https://github.com/cmderdev/cmder/releases) archive of Cmder.
+1. [NSIS](https://nsis.sourceforge.io/Main_Page) installed.
+
+### Steps
+
+1. Clone the repository
+1. Create the following directory structure.
+    1. .\mini\Versions\[FULL_VERSION_NUMBER] e.g. 1.13.8.1106
+    1. .\full\Versions\[FULL_VERSION_NUMBER] e.g. 1.13.8.1106
+1. Download the release to the correct version path and extract here.
+1. Edit VERSION Variable in the .nsi scripts. It's the first variable in the each file.
+    1. [Cmder-mini.nsi](https://github.com/edrohler/cmder-installer/blob/main/installer/mini/Cmder-mini.nsi)
+    1. [Cmder-full-msi](https://github.com/edrohler/cmder-installer/blob/main/installer/full/Cmder-full.nsi)
+1. Launch NSIS.
+1. Compile the scripts by navigating to the cloned repo.
+
+**More to come...**