Installation: Unzip to a directory <octave-dir> wich doesnt have space chars i.e. C:\Octave\Oc tave3.6.1_gcc4.6.

2\ keeping the directry structure in the archive Copy octave3.6.1_gcc4.6.2.lnk to any convient loaction and edit its properites r espectvely to point to <octave-dir>\bin\octave.exe and icon <octave-dir>\share\o ctave\3.6.1\imagelib\octave-logo.ico Copy octave3.6.1_gcc4.6.2_docs.lnk to any convient loaction and edit its properi tes respectvely to point to <octave-dir>\doc\octave and icon <octave-dir>\share\ octave\3.6.1\imagelib\octave-logo.ico This archive doesn't contain any editor ! In order to install Notepad++ (recopmmended) as an editor: a. download the installation package from http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ b. install, edit <your octave dir>\share\octave\site\m\startup\octaverc c. uncomment the line which set octave default editor: EDITOR('C:\\Program F iles\\Notepad++\\notepad++.exe');