Installing on Windows

Check the Downloading Blender page to find the minimum requirements and where to get Blender (if you have not done so yet).

Download the zip-file or msi-file for your architecture (64-bit is preferable if your machine supports it).

Install from MSI

The msi-file will run an installer to choose where to place Blender and to configure Windows to have an entry on the menu and to open blend-files with Blender. Administrator rights are needed to install Blender on your system.

Install from Zip

When choosing the zip-file you have to manually extract Blender to the desired folder, where you can double-click the executable to run Blender.

Es gibt keinen Assistenten um Blender im Menü einzutragen, aber es sind auch keine Administratorrechte vonnöten. Mit dieser Option ist es möglich, mehrere Versionen von Blender ohne Konflikte nebeneinander zu betreiben, da sie nicht wirklich auf dem System installiert sind.

However, if you want a particular version to be registered with your computer the simply run blender -r from the Command Line.