# Shall we recommend 32-bit or 64-bit install on 64-bit Windows?

**URL:** <https://forum.graphviz.org/t/shall-we-recommend-32-bit-or-64-bit-install-on-64-bit-windows/219>\
**Category:** Dev\
**Created:** [June 27, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/shall-we-recommend-32-bit-or-64-bit-install-on-64-bit-windows/219 "2020-06-27T11:58:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![magjac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/graphviz/user_avatar/forum.graphviz.org/magjac/32/16_2.png) [@magjac](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/magjac)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/shall-we-recommend-32-bit-or-64-bit-install-on-64-bit-windows/219/6 "2020-06-29T16:21:39Z")

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> [@New simplified installation procedure on Windows](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/new-simplified-installation-procedure-on-windows/224):
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> Today, we are proud to announce that we have deployed a new and easier procedure for finding and installing Windows binaries and we plan to make it even easier going forward. Background None of the current maintainers of Graphviz are experienced Windows users and the process of finding and installing Windows binaries has been very complicated for a long time cold_sweat. In this article we provide detailed instructions for how to download and install Graphviz for Windows 10 for both advanced …

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