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@@ -124,10 +124,19 @@ Make sure you have Python 3.10 or 3.11 installed.
 (check out [`application/core/settings.py`](application/core/settings.py) if you want to see more config options.)
 
 2. (optional) Create a Python virtual environment:
+You can follow the [Python official documentation](https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html) for virtual environments .
+
+a) On Mac OS and Linux
 ```commandline
 python -m venv venv
 . venv/bin/activate
 ```
+b) On Windows
+```commandline
+python -m venv venv
+ venv/Scripts/activate
+```
+
 3. Change to the `application/` subdir and install dependencies for the backend:
 ```commandline
 pip install -r application/requirements.txt