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+= Deluge Installer for Windows =
+
+Instructions for building the Deluge NSIS Installer for Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10/11.
+
+== Dependencies ==
+
+- Deluge build: https://deluge.readthedocs.io/en/latest/depends.html
+- PyInstaller: https://pypi.org/project/pyinstaller/
+- NSIS: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Download
+
+== Build Steps ==
+
+1.  Build and Install Deluge on Windows.
+2.  Run pyinstaller from the deluge\packaging\win directory:
+
+    `pyinstaller --clean delugewin.spec --distpath freeze`
+
+    The result is a PyInstaller version of Deluge in `packaging\win\freeze`.
+
+3.  Run the NSIS scripts:
+
+    `python setup_nsis.py`
+
+    64-bit python:
+
+    `makensis /Darch=x64 deluge-win-installer.nsi`
+
+    32-bit python:
+
+    `makensis /Darch=x86 deluge-win-installer.nsi`
+
+    Note: If you don't specify arch defaults to trying x64
+
+The result is a standalone installer in the `packaging\win` directory.