The author, who is a Neo4j user, was looking for an easy way to install Neo4j on their Windows system. They discovered Chocolatey, a popular package manager for Windows, which allows users to easily install software applications with just a single command line. The author converted their existing installation script from PowerShell to a Chocolatey-based installation and shared it with the community, resulting in over 1,000 downloads of the Neo4j package. The author explains how to install Neo4j using Chocolatey, including the use of package parameters to customize the installation process. They also discuss common failures that may occur during installation and plan for future updates to the Neo4j Chocolatey packages, including automating the packaging process and adding support for the Enterprise Edition. Overall, the author finds Chocolatey to be an easy and convenient method for installing Neo4j on Windows.