Author: Jen Linton
Keywords: installing DITA Open Toolkit, verifying the installation, on Windows, verifying the installation on Windows

# Verifying the installation on Windows

1. From the toolbar, click `Start > Run`.
2. In the Open field, type `cmd`.
3. Change the command prompt according to the following table.

   If this prompt displays, | type the following command
   --- | ---
   D:\ |
       C:
   H:\ |
       C:
   C:\My Documents\... |
       cd \

4. At the prompt, type `cd DITA-OT1.5.3` The command prompt changes to `C:\DITA-OT1.5.3`
5. Type `ant -f build_demo.xml all` and press Enter to process the DITA files in the demo, doc, docbook, and samples directories. This procedure also verifies the Toolkit installation. The testing process completes in 3-10 minutes depending on the speed of your machine. When testing completes, the confirmation message `BUILD SUCCESSFUL` displays.

Be sure the directories and files in your DITA-OT1.5.3 are as described in Directories and files in the DITA-OT1.5.3 root directory.
Parent topic: Installing the minimal package on Windows