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 <p>Note that if you directly click on these hyperlinks, your web browser will most likely display the program contents. It's usually better to right-click on it and choose the appropriate option, normally called <em>Save Target As</em> or <em>Save Link As</em>, depending on the web browser you are using.</p>
 
-<p>Remember <em>youtube-dl</em> requires <a href="http://www.python.org/">Python</a> version 2.6, 2.7, or 3.2+ to work except for <a href="@EXE_URL@">Windows exe</a> binary that is shipped with <a href="http://www.python.org/">Python</a> embedded.</p></p>
+<p>Remember <em>youtube-dl</em> requires <a href="http://www.python.org/">Python</a> version 2.6, 2.7, or 3.2+ to work except for Windows exe.</p>
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+<p><a href="@EXE_URL@">Windows exe</a> requires <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=5555">Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86)</a> and does not require Python that is already embedded into the binary.</p>
 
 <h2><a href="@PROGRAM_URL@">@PROGRAM_VERSION@</a> (<a href="@PROGRAM_URL@.sig">sig</a>)</h2>