# Windows x86, x86-64 builds

**URL:** https://forum.graphviz.org/t/windows-x86-x86-64-builds/305
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [August 22, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/windows-x86-x86-64-builds/305 "2020-08-22T00:47:54Z")
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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: [August 26, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/windows-x86-x86-64-builds/305/16 "2020-08-26T14:21:38Z")

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> [@smattr](#):
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> Ah OK, I was not aware of this. Does this have any impact on package managers like Chocolatey that pull the installer? Do Chocolatey users ever request installation of a version prior to the current?

That’s beyond my competence level.

> [@smattr](#):
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> I don’t object to the installation procedures, and thank you for writing such a thorough document on this. However, what I’m questioning is that the current “Stable Windows install packages” link goes to a directory four levels above the actual files. From your description above, there will only ever be four files below this root as we’re not preserving past releases.

Actually there are/will be six files under `stable` and another six under `development` since we started deploying also the CMake Debug builds after the latest release. I will update [New simplified installation procedure on Windows](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/new-simplified-installation-procedure-on-windows/224#direct-links-to-all-possible-windows-downloads) to reflect this.

> [@smattr](#):
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> So a Windows user has to click four times to reach a leaf directory containing a single file and then a fifth time to download the file. Could we not just skip the hierarchy and link directly to the leaf files?

Absolutely. I’m in favor of that.

> [@smattr](#):
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> I’m not sure which Linux releases you’re referring to, as all the Linux links on that page seem to go to external distro pages.

> [@smattr](#):
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> In case I wasn’t clear, I meant preserve the same directory hierarchy in terms of where the files are stored, but just have links on the download page that go straight to the files.

Ah, I see. I misread. I was referring to the actual directory structure which is similar for Linux and Windows.

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