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Windows Packaging Instructions Need Updated

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Since Oct 21, 2025.

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Description

The current packaging instructions, packaging/windows/README.md, only explain how to build the NSIS-deprecated package.

The update should explain the difference between using NSIS and innosetup so that we can prepare the users for any differences prior to the release of 5.4.

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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