Family sharing set up in Windows 7

I do not seem to find a way to set up family sharing with my laptop running windows 7 and iCloud 4 and iTunes 12?
How do I do it?
Thanks for any help!

I guess there is not a way. The only way that had an option I could find was with my iPad under settings. iCloud program on my Windows laptop does not have a Family sharing function that I can find, unfortunately, despite the Apple support document that says you can set it up using iCloud 4 on a PC.
Maybe i am confused about that, but I thought/was hoping I could use my laptop to control the family sharing plan, simply because that is where I do most my work, and our large iTunes file is located there (here).
It would sure be nice to know if it is possible?
If anybody has any ideas, I would appreciate the advice!
Thanks!

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