diff --git a/docs/_source/installation.rst b/docs/_source/installation.rst
index 5ba734016252ee384e6e0d7a5e1e801702d69e6a..585033cfa3c735360cb540e618b90dc068822c6b 100644
--- a/docs/_source/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/_source/installation.rst
@@ -41,9 +41,17 @@ In this example, we are using the Linux user “ewsmanager” and group “ews
     mkdir ./logs;
     mkdir -p ./envs/credentials
 
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+        mkdir -p ./code regions/EastAfrica/workspace regions/SouthAsia/workspace regions/EastAfrica/resources regions/SouthAsia/resources met_inputs/metofficeupload/upload/Ethiopia/toMO/  met_inputs/metofficeupload/upload/Ethiopia/fromMO/daily_name/ web_data/Ethiopia met_inputs/metofficeupload/upload/SouthAsia/toMO/ met_inputs/metofficeupload/upload/SouthAsia/fromMO/daily_name/ web_data/SouthAsia ./logs ./envs/credentials
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
+        mkdir -p .\code regions\EastAfrica\workspace regions\SouthAsia\workspace regions\EastAfrica\resources regions\SouthAsia\resources met_inputs\metofficeupload\upload\Ethiopia\toMO\  met_inputs\metofficeupload\upload\Ethiopia\fromMO\daily_name\ web_data\Ethiopia met_inputs\metofficeupload\upload\SouthAsia\toMO\ met_inputs\metofficeupload\upload\SouthAsia\fromMO\daily_name\ web_data\SouthAsia .\logs .\envs\credentials
+
+:download:`Download .batch file <../_static/assets/windows_create_dirs.batch>`
+:download:`Download .sh file <../_static/assets/linux_create_dirs.batch>`
+
    chmod -R g+sw <install_location>
 
 (make all files written here default to the current user group, and group-writable
diff --git a/docs/_static/assets/linux_create_dirs.sh b/docs/_static/assets/linux_create_dirs.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fea167b1ca19f0703fecd90fe7f0d5bde490c974
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/_static/assets/linux_create_dirs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+mkdir ./code;
+mkdir -p regions/EastAfrica/workspace;
+mkdir -p regions/SouthAsia/workspace;
+mkdir -p regions/EastAfrica/resources;
+mkdir -p regions/SouthAsia/resources;
+mkdir -p met_inputs/metofficeupload/upload/Ethiopia/toMO/;
+mkdir -p met_inputs/metofficeupload/upload/Ethiopia/fromMO/daily_name/;
+mkdir -p web_data/Ethiopia;
+mkdir -p met_inputs/metofficeupload/upload/SouthAsia/toMO/;
+mkdir -p met_inputs/metofficeupload/upload/SouthAsia/fromMO/daily_name/;
+mkdir -p web_data/SouthAsia;
+mkdir ./logs;
+mkdir -p ./envs/credentials;
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diff --git a/docs/_static/assets/windows_create_dirs.batch b/docs/_static/assets/windows_create_dirs.batch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b95f12a39496c84ab29e3eaf7ab71b346b534abf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/_static/assets/windows_create_dirs.batch
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+this is a batch file
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diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index 92c6af18c4618c7a5de60e983a8304f22acc9f17..3d57073301b307ffbeb4f08da253caf2ac081c6f 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ API
    :template: custom-module-template.rst
    :recursive:
 
-    coordinator
+..    coordinator
     plotting
     ews_postprocessing
     met_processing