Ollama uses unicode characters for progress indication, which may render as unknown squares in some older terminal fonts in Windows 10. If you see this, try changing your terminal font settings.
The Ollama install does not require Administrator, and installs in your home directory by default. You'll need at least 4GB of space for the binary install. Once you've installed Ollama, you'll need additional space for storing the Large Language models, which can be tens to hundreds of GB in size. If your home directory doesn't have enough space, you can change where the binaries are installed, and where the models are stored.
### Changing Install Location
To install the Ollama application in a location different than your home directory, start the installer with the following flag
```powershell
OllamaSetup.exe /DIR="d:\some\location"
```
### Changing Model Location
To change where Ollama stores the downloaded models instead of using your home directory, set the environment variable `OLLAMA_MODELS` in your user account.
1. Start the Settings (Windows 11) or Control Panel (Windows 10) application and search for _environment variables_.
2. Click on _Edit environment variables for your account_.
3. Edit or create a new variable for your user account for `OLLAMA_MODELS` where you want the models stored
4. Click OK/Apply to save.
If Ollama is already running, Quit the tray application and relaunch it from the Start menu, or a new terminal started after you saved the environment variables.
