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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions README.md
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Expand Up @@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ $ nix profile install nixpkgs#nushell
#### Windows:

```powershell
# Install to user scope (by default).
winget install nushell
# Machine scope installation (Run as admin).
winget install nushell --scope machine
```

After installing, launch Nu by typing `nu`.
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Expand Up @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ An example for PWD env change hook:

```nu
$env.config = ($env.config | upsert hooks.env_change.PWD {|config|
let val = ($config | get -i hooks.env_change.PWD)
let val = ($config | get -o hooks.env_change.PWD)

if $val == null {
$val | append {|before, after| print $"changing directory from ($before) to ($after)" }
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}
```


### `command_not_found` Hook in _Windows_

The following hook uses the `ftype` command, to find program paths in _Windows_ that might be relevant to the user for `alias`-ing.
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text: Default Shell
link: /book/default_shell.md
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# Installing Nu

There are lots of ways to get Nu up and running. You can download pre-built binaries from our [release page](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/releases), [use your favourite package manager](https://repology.org/project/nushell/versions), or build from source.
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For Windows:

- [Winget](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/winget/) (`winget install nushell`)
- [Winget](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/winget/)

- Machine scope installation: `winget install nushell --scope machine`
- Machine scope upgrade: `winget update nushell`
- User scope installation: `winget install nushell` or `winget install nushell --scope user`
- User scope upgrade: Due to [winget-cli issue #3011](https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/3011), running `winget update nushell` will unexpectedly install the latest version to `C:\Program Files\nu`. To work around this, run `winget install nushell` again to install the latest version in the user scope.

- [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/) (`choco install nushell`)
- [Scoop](https://scoop.sh/) (`scoop install nu`)

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