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Start an authorized Windows development package without mixing its components.<br />
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== Before you begin ==<br />
Obtain the complete package and its instructions from the distributor. See [[OpenSite/Downloads]] for availability. Back up existing documents. This is a package-use guide, not a claim that a public installer exists.<br />
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== Start the desktop ==<br />
# Extract the entire archive to a writable folder if it is supplied as an archive. Keep all subfolders.<br />
# Find the supplied <code>opensite-desktop.exe</code>; a staged development layout can place it under <code>bin</code>.<br />
# Start it normally. Do not add development authorization flags to make a disabled production command run.<br />
# Check the title/About information and confirm that the intended workbench and Python surfaces are present.<br />
# Follow [[OpenSite/Guides/First desktop session]] using a new practice file.<br />
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== Keep the package together ==<br />
The executable can depend on OpenSite DLLs, Qt DLLs/platform plugins, extension packages and a matching embedded runtime. Keep the distributor’s layout. Do not copy random DLLs into Windows system folders, mix Debug and Release files, or replace the embedded interpreter with a system Python.<br />
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== Settings location ==<br />
The normal desktop chooses a per-user application configuration location and a <code>settings.json</code> file. An authorized developer launch can specify <code>--settings=path</code>. The exact default directory is resolved by Qt on that machine; do not assume a developer’s drive path applies to every user. See [[OpenSite/Guides/Arrange workspace]] and [[OpenSite/Guides/Save and reload settings]].<br />
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== If startup fails ==<br />
Use [[OpenSite/Guides/Troubleshoot startup]]. Record the first error and exact executable/build. Re-extract a clean matching package before combining files from different builds.<br />
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== Removing a development package ==<br />
There is no documented product uninstaller in this snapshot. Close OpenSite before moving a standalone development folder. Preserve your documents, scripts, exports and settings backup; their locations can be outside that folder. An eventual installer’s instructions take precedence.<br />
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