A viable alternative (at least for me) was to use choosenim. You have to go to:
<https://github.com/dom96/choosenim/releases> and download latest choosnim (I didn't have any problem with choosenim, but I used 0.7.4 when I performed this procedure) choosenim is a package manager, so it's useful also for other things, like install other Nim packages, letting it to take care of dependencies, and manage different Nim version installations. Once you unzip choosenim archive on your PC, if you prefer to have no AV false detection problems and stay on 1.4.4 (my choice on working Laptop, on my home PC I've installed the last one, just ignoring MS Defender's blatering), you just have to modify one line in runme.bat, replacing .\choosenim\choosenim.exe stable --firstInstall Run with .\choosenim\choosenim.exe 1.4.4 --firstInstall Run Then launch from e.g. Power Shell with admin rights runme.bat... it will ask to add a Nim path on your PATH (reply Yes)... then enjoy Nim ! A powerful, expressive and not intimidating (well at least not too much... powerful metaprogramming features and macros require more study...) systems programming language.
