# Installer for windows

**URL:** <https://forum.fritzing.org/t/installer-for-windows/11960>\
**Category:** wishlist\
**Created:** [January 28, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/installer-for-windows/11960 "2021-01-28T16:27:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![bloomsirenix](https://forum.fritzing.org/user_avatar/forum.fritzing.org/bloomsirenix/32/8627_2.png) [@bloomsirenix](https://forum.fritzing.org/u/bloomsirenix)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/installer-for-windows/11960/1 "2021-01-28T16:27:07Z")

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I want to be able to click in start and launch this tool not dig trough my D Drive to find it  
also installing makes posible to open projects using explorer

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**Author:** ![fai](https://forum.fritzing.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/87869e/32.png) [@fai](https://forum.fritzing.org/u/fai)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/installer-for-windows/11960/2 "2021-01-28T19:10:04Z")

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This is already in the roadmap.

> <https://github.com/fritzing/fritzing-app/issues/3443>
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> Hello,
> as announced in #3435 , I am taking over maintenance of Fritzing for André. My C++ / Embedded development / Robotics...

  
And there is an issue about the association of the files:  

> <https://github.com/fritzing/fritzing-app/issues/155>
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> From dirk.van...@gmail.com on October 07, 2008 14:56:45
> What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. locate a saved .fz file on your computer
> 2....

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**Author:** ![bloomsirenix](https://forum.fritzing.org/user_avatar/forum.fritzing.org/bloomsirenix/32/8627_2.png) [@bloomsirenix](https://forum.fritzing.org/u/bloomsirenix)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 9:24am UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/installer-for-windows/11960/3 "2021-01-29T09:24:27Z")

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glad to hear i culd make one(have used NSIS before) altho i dont know how to script it for other operating systems and/or embed it inside the build process

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**Author:** ![vanepp](https://forum.fritzing.org/user_avatar/forum.fritzing.org/vanepp/32/4426_2.png) [@vanepp](https://forum.fritzing.org/u/vanepp)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/installer-for-windows/11960/4 "2021-01-29T16:19:26Z")

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> [@bloomsirenix](#):
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> I want to be able to click in start and launch this tool not dig trough my D Drive to find it  
> also installing makes posible to open projects using explorer

Assuming Windows here (as seems likely), make a shortcut to Fritzing on the desktop or pin Fritzing.exe to the start menu. Click on a .fzz file, select open and set Fritzing as the package to always open it with. Then clicking on a .fzz file in Explorer will start Fritizng and load it. Do the same with a .fzpz (part file) and possibly .fzb files (bin files.) I believe even installers in Win10 are no longer allowed to associate files with applications (although I could be wrong.) Firefox launches a window to the settings-\>set program page in windows for the user to manually set the association which is I believe is what Windows requires now, from what I read programs have been blocked from doing it themselves.

Peter

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**Author:** ![bloomsirenix](https://forum.fritzing.org/user_avatar/forum.fritzing.org/bloomsirenix/32/8627_2.png) [@bloomsirenix](https://forum.fritzing.org/u/bloomsirenix)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/installer-for-windows/11960/5 "2021-01-29T20:59:21Z")

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not if there actually installed using for example NSIS as extensions can be still assigned 😉