# Installation on Microsoft Windows

# Binaries

Please use the easy installer, reported to run on 64-bit Windows 7, 8, 10 and 11.

# Using Perl

Microsoft Windows systems are not standard equipped with the Perl application environment. You need to download and install Perl yourself.

  • Strawberry Perl
    This is also an open source Perl distribution, but it needs some manual work to get everything going.

Citrus Perl and ActiveState Perl are no longer supported.

# ChordPro does not start

Nothing happens when clicking the ChordPro desktop icon.

Please try the following.

  • Open a command (powershell) window
  • Find the location where you installed ChordPro. By default this is one of
    • C:\Program Files\ChordPro.ORG\ChordPro
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\ChordPro.ORG\ChordPro
  • Type: &' location \xxchordpro.exe'
  • Report the problem and the output on the issue tracker.