diff --git a/demos/install/README.md b/demos/install/README.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+## Install demo
+
+For Windows refer to the [installation instructions](https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/master/docs/installation/windows.md)
+
+For Linux, using [download.sh](https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/master/tools/download.sh) is the best way to deploy PowerShell bits
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diff --git a/demos/install/install.ps1 b/demos/install/install.ps1
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Placeholder for Windows install script
diff --git a/demos/install/install.sh b/demos/install/install.sh
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index fbae979b7e..0000000000
--- a/demos/install/install.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-clear
-echo "Script to download latest release of PowerShell on *nix platforms" 
-
-echo "Verify if GITHUB_TOKEN variable is defined"
-[[ -n $GITHUB_TOKEN ]] || { echo >&2 "GITHUB_TOKEN variable is undefined, Generate one using https://help.github.com/articles/creating-an-access-token-for-command-line-use/"; exit 1; }
-
-# Authorizes with read-only access to GitHub API
-curl_() {
-    curl -s -i -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" "$@"
-}
-
-# Retrieves asset ID and package name of asset ending in argument
-# $info looks like: "id": 1698239, "name": "powershell_0.4.0-1_amd64.deb",
-get_info() {
-    curl_ https://api.github.com/repos/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/latest | grep -B 1 "name.*$1"
-}
-
-echo "Get OS specific asset ID and package name"
-case "$OSTYPE" in
-    linux*)
-        source /etc/os-release
-        echo $ID
-        # Install curl and wget to download package
-        case "$ID" in
-            centos*)
-                sudo yum install -y curl wget
-                info=$(get_info rpm)
-                ;;
-            ubuntu)
-                sudo apt-get install -y curl wget
-                info=$(get_info deb)
-                ;;
-            *)
-                exit 2 >&2 "Package $NAME is not supported on $OSTYPE!"
-        esac
-        ;;
-    darwin*)
-        info=$(get_info pkg)
-        ;;
-    *)
-        exit 2 >&2 "$OSTYPE is not supported!"
-        ;;
-esac
-
-# Parses $info for asset ID and package name
-read asset package <<< $(echo $info | sed 's/[,"]//g' | awk '{ print $2; print $4 }')
-
-# Downloads asset to file
-curl_ -H 'Accept: application/octet-stream' https://api.github.com/repos/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/assets/$asset |
-    grep location | sed 's/location: //g' | wget -i - -O $package
-
-# Installs PowerShell package
-case "$OSTYPE" in
-    linux*)
-        source /etc/os-release
-        # Install dependencies
-        case "$ID" in
-            centos)
-                sudo yum install -y libicu libunwind
-                sudo yum install "./$package"
-                ;;
-            ubuntu)
-                sudo apt-get install -y libunwind8 libicu52
-                sudo dpkg -i "./$package"
-                ;;
-            *)
-        esac
-        ;;
-    darwin*)
-        sudo installer -pkg ./$package -target /
-        ;;
-esac
-
-get_smadll_location() {
-    dpkg-query --listfiles PowerShell | grep "System.Management.Automation.dll"
-}
-
-get_powershell_location() {
-    dirname $(get_smadll_location)
-}
-
-get_powershell_symlink() {
-	dir /usr/bin/powershell
-}
-
-install_location=$(get_powershell_location)
-powershell_symlink=$(get_powershell_symlink)
-
-if [ $install_location ]
-then
-	echo "Congratulations! PowerShell \"$package\" is installed @ \"$install_location\""
-fi
-
-if [ $powershell_symlink ]
-then
-	echo "Symlink is available @ \"$powershell_symlink\""
-else
-	echo "PowerShell install failed! Check this script's output for information"
-	exit -1
-fi
diff --git a/docs/installation/windows.md b/docs/installation/windows.md
index 9a554d3455..f3085f796c 100644
--- a/docs/installation/windows.md
+++ b/docs/installation/windows.md
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ There is a shortcut placed in the Start Menu upon installation.
 >
 > You can launch PowerShell via the Start Menu or `$env:ProgramFiles\PowerShell\powershell.exe`
 
+> Note: On Windows 8.1 / Windows 2012R2, ensure Visual C++ Redistributable 
+> for VS2015 is installed from [here](http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/3/F/93FCF1E7-E6A4-478B-96E7-D4B285925B00/vc_redist.x64.exe):
+
 # Instructions to Create a Remoting Endpoint
 
 Beginning with 6.0.0-alpha.9, the PowerShell package for Windows includes a WinRM plugin (pwrshplugin.dll) and an installation script (Install-PowerShellRemoting.ps1). 
diff --git a/tools/download.sh b/tools/download.sh
index ff5a1c37cc..53d3bb3746 100755
--- a/tools/download.sh
+++ b/tools/download.sh
@@ -88,4 +88,9 @@ case "$OSTYPE" in
         ;;
 esac
 
-echo "Congratulations! PowerShell is now installed."
+powershell -noprofile -c '"Congratulations! PowerShell is installed at $PSHOME"'
+
+if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR! PowerShell didn't install. Check script output"
+    exit 1
+fi