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Expand Up @@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ Using PowerShell:
Invoke-WebRequest https://get.pnpm.io/install.ps1 -UseBasicParsing | Invoke-Expression
```

On Windows, Microsoft Defender can significantly slow down installation of packages. You can add pnpm to Microsoft Defender's list
of excluded folders in a PowerShell window with administrator rights by executing:

```powershell
Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $(pnpm store path)
```

### On POSIX systems

```sh
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