added new FAQ on exe dependency

[youtube-dl] / README.md

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@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ youtube has switched to a new video info format in July 2011 which is not suppor
 
 youtube requires an additional signature since September 2012 which is not supported by old versions of youtube-dl. You can update youtube-dl with `sudo youtube-dl --update`.
 
-### SyntaxError:Non-ASCII character ###
+### SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character ###
 
 The error
 
@@ -139,10 +139,18 @@ To run youtube-dl under Python 2.5, you'll have to manually check it out like th
 
        git clone git://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl.git
        cd youtube-dl
-       python -m youtube-dl --help
+       python -m youtube_dl --help
 
 Please note that Python 2.5 is not supported anymore.
 
+### What is this binary file? Where has the code gone?
+
+Since June 2012 (#342) youtube-dl is packed as an executable zipfile, simply unzip it (might need renaming to `youtube-dl.zip` first on some systems) or clone the git repo to see the code. If you modify the code, you can run it by executing the `__main__.py` file. To recompile the executable, run `make compile`.
+
+### The exe throws a *Runtime error from Visual C++*
+
+To run the exe you need to install first the [Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29).
+
 # COPYRIGHT
 
 youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.