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  19. XOWA currently uses a self-extracting exe for its windows upgrade package. This page documents the steps to generate the package.
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  23. Download 7-zip from <a href="http://www.7-zip.org/" rel="nofollow" class="external free">http://www.7-zip.org/</a>
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  26. Download the 7-zip sfx module from <a href="http://7zsfx.info/en/" rel="nofollow" class="external free">http://7zsfx.info/en/</a> XOWA uses version 1.5 (build 2712) from <a href="http://7zsfx.info/files/7zsd_150_2712.7z" rel="nofollow" class="external free">http://7zsfx.info/files/7zsd_150_2712.7z</a>
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  29. Generate the 7-zip .7z archive (xowa_upgrade.7z)
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  32. Create a UTF-8 text file (config.txt) and enter the following
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  36. ;!@Install@!UTF-8!
  37. Title="XOWA"
  38. InstallPath="."
  39. OverwriteMode="0"
  40. ;!@InstallEnd@!
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  44. Run the following command to merge the two files into an exe:
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  48. <code>copy /b 7zsd.sfx + config.txt + xowa_upgrade.7z xowa_upgrade.exe</code>
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