please provide the guide for install on the windows

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python
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Locate the project's installation guide and review the existing virtual-environment and editable-install instructions. Add the Windows activation variant and clarify the Windows pip command, then verify that the documented commands work on Windows.

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for example：

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate

please clarify above command is on linux/mac，if want to install on windows，please use .venv\Scripts\activate.bat

git clone git@github.com:microsoft/markitdown.git
cd markitdown
pip install -e 'packages/markitdown[all]'

in the windows ,pip install -e 'packages/markitdown[all]' should be pip install -e packages/markitdown[all]

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