docs: minor improvements to Windows installation

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## Windows
All the mitmproxy tools are fully supported under WSL (Windows Subsystem for
Linux). Please follow the [installation instructions for
WSL](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10), and then
All the mitmproxy tools are fully supported under [WSL (Windows Subsystem for
Linux)](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about). We recommend to [install WSL](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10), and then
follow the mitmproxy installation instructions for Linux.
We also distribute native Windows packages for all tools other than the
mitmproxy console app, which is not supported under native Windows. The
recommended way to install mitmproxy on Windows is to download the binary
packages from our
[releases](https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/releases/latest) page.
mitmproxy console app, which only works under WSL. To install mitmproxy on Windows,
download the binary packages from our
[releases](https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/releases/latest) page.
After installation, you'll find shortcuts for mitmweb and mitmdump in the start
menu. Both executables are added to your PATH and can be invoked from the