From: Yen Chi Hsuan <yan12125@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 06:58:07 +0000 (+0800)
Subject: [README.md] Add an example for how to use .netrc on Windows
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[README.md] Add an example for how to use .netrc on Windows

That's a Python bug: http://bugs.python.org/issue28334
Most likely it will be fixed in Python 3.7: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/123
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dc0be1f40..284ce8ca3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -474,7 +474,10 @@ machine twitch login my_twitch_account_name password my_twitch_password
 ```
 To activate authentication with the `.netrc` file you should pass `--netrc` to youtube-dl or place it in the [configuration file](#configuration).
 
-On Windows you may also need to setup the `%HOME%` environment variable manually.
+On Windows you may also need to setup the `%HOME%` environment variable manually. For example:
+```
+set HOME=%USERPROFILE%
+```
 
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