Update install instructions for Windows

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## Windows Troubleshooting
- If you install with `pip install evennia` and find that the `evennia` command is not available, run `py -m evennia` once. This should add the evennia binary to your environment. If this fails, make sure you are using a [virtualenv](Installation-Git#virtualenv). Worst case, you can keep using `py -m evennia` in the places where the `evennia` command is used.
- Install Python [from the Python homepage](https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/). You will need to be a Windows Administrator to install packages.
- When installing Python, make sure to check-mark *all* install options, especially the one about making Python available on the path (you may have to scroll to see it). This allows you to
just write `python` in any console without first finding where the `python` program actually sits on your hard drive.

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## Initialize a new game
> Windows users: You need to first run `python -m evennia` once. This should permanently add the evennia launcher to your environment, making the `evennia` command available.
Use `cd` to enter a folder where you want to do your game development. Here (and in
the rest of the Evennia documentation) we call this folder `mygame`, but you should of course
name your game whatever you like.