: Navigate to the SourceForge Bowtie 2 Releases or the GitHub Releases page.
Click , find "Path" under System Variables, and click Edit . bowtie2 download windows
: Unzip the downloaded file to a folder of your choice (e.g., C:\Bioinformatics\bowtie2 ). Add to PATH : : Navigate to the SourceForge Bowtie 2 Releases
Most bioinformatics tools are designed for Linux. Using WSL allows you to run the most stable version of Bowtie 2 with full support for other tools like SAMtools. find "Path" under System Variables