diff --git a/news/install-script.rst b/news/install-script.rst
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+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* Modernized install script: Python 3.8 to 3.12, replaced 28 hardcoded .whl
+  files with direct pip install from PyPI, added PySide6, switched from
+  setup.py to pip install, added pip self-upgrade step, and used %~dp0 for
+  reliable relative paths.
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/scripts/install_from_local.bat b/scripts/install_from_local.bat
index d80d891..629d281 100644
--- a/scripts/install_from_local.bat
+++ b/scripts/install_from_local.bat
@@ -1,45 +1,68 @@
-:: This batch script will install python 3.8, pytentiostat and it's necessary packages
+:: This batch script will install Python 3.12 and pytentiostat with all
+:: necessary packages including PySide6 for the GUI.
 @echo off
-cd ../local_install
-echo Installing python
-START /WAIT python-3.8.1-amd64
+
+echo ============================================================
+echo   JUAMI Pytentiostat Installer
+echo ============================================================
+echo.
+
+:: Step 1 - Install Python 3.12
+echo Installing Python 3.12...
+cd /d "%~dp0..\local_install"
+START /WAIT python-3.12.0-amd64.exe /passive InstallAllUsers=0 PrependPath=1 Include_pip=1
+echo.
+
+:: Verify Python installed correctly
 python --version
 if errorlevel 1 goto NoPython
-pip install whls/pytz-2019.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl
-pip install whls/kiwisolver-1.1.0-cp38-none-win_amd64.whl
-pip install whls/six-1.14.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
-pip install whls/pyparsing-2.4.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl
-pip install whls/python_dateutil-2.8.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
-pip install whls/pyserial-3.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl
-pip install whls/pyFirmata-1.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
-pip install whls/numpy-1.18.1-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl
-pip install whls/pandas-0.25.3-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl
-pip install whls/PyYAML-5.3-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl
-pip install whls/urllib3-1.25.8-py2.py3-none-any.whl
-pip install whls/py-1.8.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
-pip install whls/idna-2.8-py2.py3-none-any.whl
-pip install whls/chardet-3.0.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl
-pip install whls/certifi-2019.11.28-py2.py3-none-any.whl
-pip install whls/pluggy-0.13.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
-pip install whls/packaging-20.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
-pip install whls/more_itertools-8.1.0-py3-none-any.whl
-pip install whls/wcwidth-0.1.8-py2.py3-none-any.whl
-pip install whls/atomicwrites-1.3.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
-pip install whls/attrs-19.3.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
-pip install whls/cycler-0.10.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
-pip install whls/matplotlib-3.1.2-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl
-pip install whls/coverage-5.0.3.tar.gz
-pip install whls/colorama-0.4.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl
-pip install whls/requests-2.22.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
-pip install whls/pytest-5.3.4-py3-none-any.whl
-pip install whls/mock-3.0.5-py2.py3-none-any.whl
-pip install whls/codecov-2.0.15-py2.py3-none-any.whl
-cd ..
-python setup.py install
+echo Python installed successfully.
+echo.
+
+:: Step 2 - Upgrade pip
+echo Upgrading pip...
+python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+echo.
+
+:: Step 3 - Install runtime dependencies
+echo Installing pytentiostat dependencies...
+pip install pyfirmata
+pip install matplotlib
+pip install pyyaml
+pip install pandas
+pip install numpy
+pip install pyserial
+pip install pyside6
+echo.
+
+:: Step 4 - Install test dependencies
+echo Installing test dependencies...
+pip install pytest
+pip install mock
+echo.
+
+:: Step 5 - Install pytentiostat
+echo Installing pytentiostat...
+cd /d "%~dp0.."
+pip install .
+echo.
+
+echo ============================================================
+echo   Installation complete!
+echo.
+echo   To run the pytentiostat CLI:
+echo     python -m pytentiostat.main
+echo.
+echo   To run in simulation mode (no hardware needed):
+echo     set PYTENTIOSTAT_SIMULATE=1
+echo     python -m pytentiostat.main
+echo ============================================================
 @pause
-goto:eof
+goto :eof
 
 :NoPython
+echo.
 echo Python installation failed. Please retry.
+echo Make sure python-3.12.0-amd64.exe is in the local_install folder.
 @pause
-goto:eof
+goto :eof