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add guidance for installing on windows 

to help avoid issues with antivirus
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Myk Taylor 2023-11-12 01:47:44 -08:00
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.github/release_template.md vendored
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#### Q: How do I download DFHack?
**A:** Either add to your Steam library from our [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2346660/DFHack) or scroll to the latest release on our [GitHub releases page](https://github.com/DFHack/dfhack/releases), expand the "Assets" list, and download the file for your platform (e.g. `dfhack-XX.XX-rX-Windows-64bit.zip`.
**A:** Either add to your Steam library from our [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2346660/DFHack) or scroll to the latest release on our [GitHub releases page](https://github.com/DFHack/dfhack/releases), expand the "Assets" list, and download the file for your platform (e.g. `dfhack-XX.XX-rX-Windows-64bit.zip`. If you are on Windows and are manually installing from the zip file, please remember to right click on the file after downloading, open the file properties, and select the "Unblock" checkbox. This will prevent issues with Windows antivirus programs.
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Stable builds of DFHack are available on
`Steam <https://store.steampowered.com/app/2346660/DFHack__Dwarf_Fortress_Modding_Engine/>`__
`Steam <https://store.steampowered.com/app/2346660/DFHack>`__
or from our `GitHub <https://github.com/dfhack/dfhack/releases>`__. Either
location will give you exactly the same package.
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Do *not* download the source code from GitHub, either from the releases page
or by clicking "Download ZIP" on the repo homepage. This will give you an
incomplete copy of the DFHack source code, which will not work as-is. (If
you want to compile DFHack instead of using a pre-built release, see
you want to compile DFHack instead of using a pre-built release, please see
`building-dfhack-index` for instructions.)
Beta releases
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operating system should have built-in utilities capable of extracting files from
these archives.
If you are on Windows, please remember to right click on the file after
downloading, open the file properties, and select the "Unblock" checkbox. This
will prevent issues with Windows antivirus programs.
The release archives contain a ``hack`` folder where DFHack binary and system
data is stored, a ``stonesense`` folder that contains data specific to the
`stonesense` 3d renderer, and various libraries and executable files. To