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Tell users where to place the application directory

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Using "Extract All..." with the default options will extract the files to the Downloads folder. Many users will do exactly that and end up running Mattermost from there downloads folder. Not a good thing. These instructions tell users where to extract the files.

Perhaps in a future release these instructions can be reduced to run a batch script or installer.
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Jeremy Cook
2016-04-20 10:18:46 -06:00
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@@ -8,11 +8,16 @@ To set up the Mattermost desktop application for Windows 7, 8 and 10:
Find the file ending in `-win64.zip` if you're running a x64 version of Windows and `-win32.zip` if you're running an older 32-bit version.
2. From the `/Downloads` directory right-click on the file and select "Extract All..."
2. From the `\Downloads` directory right-click on the file and select "Extract All..."
A new directory should be created on your PC.
- Change the extract folder from `C:\Users\(currentuser)\Downloads\mattermost-desktop-1.1.1-win64` to `C:\Users\(currentuser)\AppData\Local` where `(currentuser)` will be the name of your user account.
- Check the "Show extracted files when complete" checkbox.
- Click the "Extract" button.
- Look for the new application directory at `C:\Users\(currentuser)\AppData\Local\mattermost-desktop...`.
- Remove the version number by renaming the `mattermost-desktop...` application directory to `mattermost-desktop`.
- If a `mattermost-desktop` directory already exists then you are upgrading Mattermost, and need to quit Mattermost if it is running and then delete the `mattermost-desktop` directory. After that you can rename the `mattermost-desktop...` directory to `mattermost-desktop`. Don't worry, no settings will be lost, they are stored elsewhere.
3. Go to `/mattermost-desktop...` directory and find the file named `Mattermost`
3. Go to the `\mattermost-desktop` application directory and find the file named `Mattermost`.
- Right-click the file and select "Pin to Taskbar" to make the application available from your Windows task bar.
- Right-click the file and select "Pin to Start Menu" to make the application available from your Windows Start menu.