Installing Redis on Windows Using MSI

Recently I tried to install redis on my windows machine and faced challenges. Docker and WSL is not working on my machine which are the easiest way to setup. I explored workaround and found one which I am sharing here, see if you found this useful.

Step 1: Download & Install Redis

• Download the Redis MSI installer from tporadowski/redis.
• Run the MSI installer and follow the installation steps.
• By default, Redis installs to — >C:\Program Files\Redis
• Optionally, select “Install Redis as a Windows service” to run it automatically.

Step 2: Start Redis Server

• Open Command Prompt as Administrator.
• Navigate to the Redis installation directory: cd "C:\Program Files\Redis"
• Start Redis manually on commandlineredis-server.exe redis.windows.conf
• If installed as a service, check status on command linesc query Redis

Step 3: Open Redis CLI

• Open a new Command Prompt window.
• Navigate to the Redis folder: cd "C:\Program Files\Redis"
• Start Redis CLIredis-cli.exe

Step 4: Basic Redis Commands

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✅ Redis is now installed and running on your Windows machine!