==UNDER VISTA/7==
-Put this directory into "steamapps\common\portal 2".
-Double-click on "RUNME" (or "RUNME.bat").
-It may ask you whether or not you want to extract Episodic content, ie. stuff from HL2 Episode One and/or Two. Y is Yes, N is No. Please see the table below
-It will ask you whether or not you want to lump everything into one directory. Again, Y is Yes, N is No. Please see the table below
-Sit back and relax while it extracts all the files.
-Please ignore any red. Most of the affected files aren't required anyway.
-When Portal 2 comes up, close it.
-Follow the instructions in relation to Face Poser.
-You'll need to run "fix_text_files.bat" every time the game cache is verified or the game is updated.

==UNDER XP==
-Put this directory into "steamapps\common\portal 2".
-Double-click on "RUNME" (or "RUNME.bat").
-Sit back and relax while it extracts all the files.
-Please ignore any red. Most of the affected files aren't required anyway.
-When Portal 2 comes up, close it.
-Follow the instructions in relation to Face Poser.
-You'll need to run "fix_text_files.bat" every time the game cache is verified or the game is updated.

==UNDER ALL OSes==
-If you're finding that Hammer crashes when browsing textures, and this didn't happen before installing the tool, run "crashes_hammer.bat"

-Legal Stuff:
This distribution includes HLLib and HLExtract by Nemesis, which are licensed under the GNU LGPL and GNU GPL, respectively. For more information, see GPL.txt and LGPL.txt

-Hard disk use:
Games owned  |No options|Episodic content|Lump into one directory
-------------+----------+----------------+-------------------------------------
Portal       |~3.64GB   |~3.64GB         |~3.64GB temporary, 0GB permanent
-------------+----------+----------------+-------------------------------------
HL2          |~0.95GB   |~0.95GB         |~0.95GB temporary, 0GB permanent
-------------+----------+----------------+-------------------------------------
HL2: EP1     |0GB       |1.69GB          |<=1.69GB temporary, 0GB permanent
-------------+----------+----------------+-------------------------------------
HL2: EP2     |0GB       |3.04GB - 4.73GB |<=4.73GB temporary, 0GB permanent
-------------+----------+----------------+-------------------------------------
-------------+----------+----------------+-------------------------------------
VPK status   |          |                |
-------------+----------+----------------+-------------------------------------
Extracted    |0GB       |0GB             |<=6GB temporary, 0GB permanent
-------------+----------+----------------+-------------------------------------
Not extracted|0GB       |0GB             |<=6GB temporary, 5.67GB permanent