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MemStrata

Install on Windows

Use the install selector. Conversational offers a full PowerShell setup command and a shorter Command Prompt command for an already active Python environment. The PowerShell command uses py -3, a dedicated environment under %USERPROFILE%\MemStrata\venvs, and the product .cmd launcher. It does not change execution policy.

Paste commands, not terminal output

Section titled “Paste commands, not terminal output”

Open Windows PowerShell or a PowerShell tab in Windows Terminal. Administrator access is not required. If you prefer the full PowerShell setup while in Command Prompt, run powershell -NoProfile first. Otherwise use the separate Conversational Command Prompt command after activating your Python environment.

Click Copy PowerShell command on the install page and paste that block only. Do not copy prompt prefixes such as PS C:\…> or (base) C:\Users\…>, or any previous error messages. Those are terminal output, not commands.

If PowerShell shows >>, press Ctrl+C to cancel the unfinished input, then paste the clean command block. Errors such as '$venv' is not recognized mean PowerShell syntax was pasted into Command Prompt; an Unexpected token 'C:\Users\…>' error means a terminal prompt was pasted along with the command.

The four PowerShell setup commands use the user-profile folder to avoid Microsoft Store Python’s LocalAppData redirection and the resulting long package-cache paths, which can prevent application assets from loading. They retain os.path.realpath resolution for the environment interpreter; resolving a redirected path alone does not shorten it. The install root avoids that redirection instead.

The Windows Conversational PowerShell block installs the pinned 0.7.19 binary package, verifies its version, then runs init to start onboarding. Its Command Prompt alternative pins the same version and starts onboarding only if installation succeeds.

Advertised Windows x64 versions:

  • Conversational 0.7.19 from PyPI
  • Coder 0.6.32 from PyPI
  • Governance 0.7.2 from PyPI
  • Structured 0.7.3 from the GitHub wheel. Do not use an unpinned PyPI install.

Microsoft Store listings exist as a separate path. They are listings, not this wheel command.

If Python is missing, install Python 3.10 or newer from python.org and open a new terminal.