diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10d0ec0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Mintty as a terminal for Bash on Ubuntu on Windows / WSL.
+
+#### Overview ####
+
+Run the installer to install
+* wsltty package components (see below) in the user’s application directory (where WSL is also installed)
+* an empty “home directory” to enable storage of a mintty config file
+* a Desktop Shortcut and a Start Menu Shortcut to start WSL with a login bash in the user’s WSL home directory
+* context menu entries for Windows Explorer to start WSL with a bash in the respective directory
+
+An uninstaller is not provided.
+
+#### Components ####
+
+For mintty, see the [Mintty homepage](http://mintty.github.io/).
+
+It is based on [Cygwin](http://cygwin.com) 
+and includes its runtime library ([sources](http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/cygwin/x86/release/cygwin)).
+
+For interacting with WSL, it uses [wslbridge](https://github.com/rprichard/wslbridge).
+
diff --git a/install.bat b/install.bat
index 72ea208..05b5ea5 100755
--- a/install.bat
+++ b/install.bat
@@ -1,16 +1,53 @@
 @echo off
+goto explorer
+
 mkdir "%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty"
-mkdir "%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty\bin"
-rem mkdir "%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty\etc"
-mkdir "%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty\%USERNAME%"
 copy LICENSE.mintty "%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty"
 copy LICENSE.wslbridge "%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty"
-rem copy etc/minttyrc "%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty\etc"
+
+mkdir "%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty\bin"
 copy cygwin1.dll "%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty\bin"
 copy cygwin-console-helper.exe "%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty\bin"
 copy mintty.exe "%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty\bin"
 copy wslbridge.exe "%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty\bin"
 copy wslbridge-backend "%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty\bin"
+
+rem create "home directory" to enable storage of config file
+mkdir "%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty\home
+mkdir "%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty\home\%USERNAME%"
+
+rem create Desktop Shorcut
 copy "Bash on UoW in Mintty.lnk" "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop"
+
+rem create Start Menu Shortcut
 copy "Bash on UoW in Mintty.lnk" "%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu"
 
+
+:explorer
+rem Explorer context menu
+set userdirname=HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Directory\shell
+set userdirpane=HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Directory\Background\shell
+
+rem WSL in Mintty
+set label=WSL in Mintty
+rem set here=in this directory
+set here=Here
+
+rem WSL icon
+set icon=%LOCALAPPDATA%\lxss\bash.ico
+
+rem WSL target shell
+set shell=/bin/bash
+
+rem Mintty invocation
+set cmd=%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty\bin\mintty.exe
+set arg=/bin/wslbridge -t %shell%
+set target=\"%cmd%\" %arg%
+
+reg add "%userdirname%\wsltty" /d "%label% %here%" /f
+reg add "%userdirname%\wsltty" /v Icon /d "%icon%" /f
+reg add "%userdirname%\wsltty\command" /d "%target%" /f
+reg add "%userdirpane%\wsltty" /d "%label% %here%" /f
+reg add "%userdirpane%\wsltty" /v Icon /d "%icon%" /f
+reg add "%userdirpane%\wsltty\command" /d "%target%" /f
+
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index ccfbf43..27a623c 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ cygwin:
 	cp /bin/cygwin-console-helper.exe bin/
 
 wsltty:
-	mkdir -p etc
-	touch etc/minttyrc
 
 pkg:
 	mkdir -p rel
@@ -56,7 +54,6 @@ pkg:
 	cp bin/wslbridge-backend rel/
 	cp LICENSE.mintty rel/
 	cp LICENSE.wslbridge rel/
-	cp etc/minttyrc rel/
 	cp "Bash on UoW in Mintty.lnk" rel/
 	cp install.bat rel/
 	cd rel; iexpress /n wsltty.SED
diff --git a/makewinx.cfg b/makewinx.cfg
index 5934550..452ba0d 100644
--- a/makewinx.cfg
+++ b/makewinx.cfg
@@ -39,9 +39,8 @@ FILE3="wslbridge.exe"
 FILE4="wslbridge-backend"
 FILE5="LICENSE.mintty"
 FILE6="LICENSE.wslbridge"
-FILE7="minttyrc"
-FILE8="Bash on UoW in Mintty.lnk"
-FILE9="install.bat"
+FILE7="Bash on UoW in Mintty.lnk"
+FILE8="install.bat"
 
 [SourceFiles]
 SourceFiles0=.
@@ -56,5 +55,4 @@ SourceFiles0=.
 %FILE6%=
 %FILE7%=
 %FILE8%=
-%FILE9%=