diff --git a/README-hacking.md b/README-hacking.md
index 628b7ef..242f517 100644
--- a/README-hacking.md
+++ b/README-hacking.md
@@ -75,8 +75,14 @@
    the following time-consuming steps while there are still obvious problems
    in the code:
 
-   * Windows: `./test.ps1`
-   * Linux: `make test`
+   * Windows:
+     * First allow powershell to execute scripts, see:
+       https://stackoverflow.com/a/32328091
+     * `powershell bootstrap.ps1`
+     * `powershell test.ps1`
+   * Linux:
+     * `make bootstrap`
+     * `make test`
 
 4. Verify you're all committed, merged to master, and pushed to origin (This
    triggers a CI build, which we'll check later on)
@@ -90,7 +96,7 @@
    HTTP 400 response on uploading to test.pypi.org, but outputs a message
    saying this is expected and carries on:
 
-   * Windows: `./clean.ps1 && .\bootstrap.ps1 && .\build.ps1 &&
+   * Windows: `.\clean.ps1 && .\bootstrap.ps1 && .\build.ps1 &&
      .\test-release.ps1`
    * Linux: `make clean bootstrap build test-release`
 
diff --git a/bootstrap.ps1 b/bootstrap.ps1
index 3260f8b..53ba331 100644
--- a/bootstrap.ps1
+++ b/bootstrap.ps1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$syspython="python3.8.exe"
+$syspython="python.exe"
 $ve="$HOME\.virtualenvs\colorama"
 $bin="$ve\Scripts"
 
diff --git a/clean.ps1 b/clean.ps1
index de9ba5a..a2a59af 100644
--- a/clean.ps1
+++ b/clean.ps1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$syspython="python3.8.exe"
+$syspython="python.exe"
 $ve="$HOME\.virtualenvs\colorama"
 
 remove-item -r -fo * -I build,dist,MANIFEST,colorama.egg-info,$ve,sandbox
diff --git a/colorama/__init__.py b/colorama/__init__.py
index 641fd6f..918a1fe 100644
--- a/colorama/__init__.py
+++ b/colorama/__init__.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 from .ansi import Fore, Back, Style, Cursor
 from .ansitowin32 import AnsiToWin32
 
-__version__ = '0.4.5-pre'
+__version__ = '0.4.5rc1'
diff --git a/test-release b/test-release
index 15812ef..2965304 100644
--- a/test-release
+++ b/test-release
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # Exit on error
 set -eu -o pipefail
 
-syspython=python3.8
+syspython=python3
 bin="$HOME/.virtualenvs/colorama/bin"
 version=$($bin/python setup.py --version)
 sandbox=test-release-playground
diff --git a/test-release.ps1 b/test-release.ps1
index 19c6967..950dfda 100644
--- a/test-release.ps1
+++ b/test-release.ps1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$syspython="python3.8.exe"
+$syspython="python.exe"
 $ve="$HOME\.virtualenvs\colorama"
 $bin="$ve\Scripts"
 $version="$(& $bin\python.exe setup.py --version)"