Wrote some stuff about installing on Windows.

Let's hope it's vaguely plausible!
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Installing and uninstalling higan
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The best way to install higan
depends on what platform you're using,
as well as whether you want to use official binaries
or compile the source-code from scratch.
Installing an official release on Windows
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[7z]: http://www.7-zip.org/
Once you have a suitable archiving tool,
extract the contents of the higan archive into a new directory.
When you're done,
the new directory should contain `higan.exe` and `icarus.exe`
along with other assorted files and directories
that describe the systems higan emulates.
You may put that directory wherever you like.
To run higan, open the `higan.exe` file.
Before you can actually play games,
you'll need to [import them][#importing-games]
and [configure higan][#configuring-higan].
Uninstalling an official release on Windows
-------------------------------------------
Delete the directory containing `higan.exe`
and the other associated data from the original archive.
To remove higan's configuration:
1. Press Win+R to open the Run dialog
2. Type `%APPDATA%` and press Enter
to open the folder where higan's configuration data lives
3. Delete the subdirectories named `icarus` and `higan`
if they exist.
You might also want to remove the games imported into higan's library
(including in-game saves and save-states):
1. Press Win+R to open the Run dialog
2. Type `%USERPROFILE%` and press Enter
to open the folder where higan keeps its game library
3. Delete the subdirectory named `Emulation` if it exists
Compiling from source on Windows
--------------------------------
Official higan releases are distributed in [7-zip][7z] archives.
You will need to install 7-zip,
or another compatible archiving tool,
to extract the higan source code.
Alternatively,
you may obtain higan source code from
[the unofficial git repo](https://gitlab.com/higan/higan/)
using the Git source-code management tool,
or by clicking the download button on the right-hand side of the web-page
and choosing an archive format.
- TDM-GCC?
- mingw-w64?
- mingw?
- isn't there some bug with building higan for 32-bit Windows?
Compiling from source on Linux
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