# Install Godspeed Mission Control on Windows

Canonical: https://godspeedmissioncontrol.com/guide/install-windows

You need a 64-bit Windows PC and an internet connection. You click a few times, then the installer works by itself for up to half an hour.

## Install

1. Download [GodspeedSetup.exe](https://github.com/MichaelZelbel/godspeed-mission-control/releases/latest/download/GodspeedSetup.exe).
2. Open the downloaded file. If Windows shows **Windows protected your PC**, click **More info**, then **Run anyway**. Windows says this about new programs it does not know yet.
3. The setup opens. Click **Next** on each page: the suggested choices are the right ones.

   ![The page Where your mission control goes, with the suggested folder in your user folder and a Next button](/guide-images/windows-folder-page.png)

4. On **Ready to Install**, click **Install**.
5. A window opens and shows what the installer is doing. Leave it open. If Windows asks whether it may install Git or Node.js, click **Yes**. The installer also sets up Hermes, the program that runs your assistant.
6. The last page says **Your mission control is in** and names your folder, and how to open your notebook and connect your AI. Click **Finish**.

   ![The last page: Your mission control is in, your folder, and a Finish button](/guide-images/windows-finish-page.png)

## Open your notebook

Your notebook is the page in your web browser where you talk to Godspeed and see what it knows and does.

1. Press the Windows key, type `notebook` and choose **Open my notebook**.
2. Your browser shows **Your notebook**, with a big **Chat with Godspeed** button.

   ![Your notebook: the sidebar on the left, Your notebook at the top, and the blue Chat with Godspeed button on the right](/guide-images/dashboard.png)

From now on the notebook starts every time you sign in to Windows, without opening your browser. Open it from the Start menu whenever you want it: if it has not started yet, **Open my notebook** starts it and opens it when it is ready. Only this PC can open it.

## Next

[First setup: connect your AI](/guide/first-setup#on-windows), so Godspeed can answer you.

## If something is different

- **The installer says "You already have a mission control".** This PC has the previous edition of Godspeed. Click **Next** to bring it up to date and add the notebook. To leave it as it is, tick the box, click **Next** and keep the suggested folder. **Ready to Install** then says "I am going to make a SECOND mission control". See also [Update](/guide/update).
- **Ready to Install says "I am going to UPDATE it".** This PC has Godspeed Mission Control already, and the installer brings it up to date, keeping everything you made.
- **The last page says "Setup did not finish".** Nothing you had is lost. Run the installer again, or see [Problems while installing](/guide/troubleshooting-install).

## Install without the wizard

To set up a PC without clicking, run this in PowerShell in the folder with the installer. It asks nothing and shows nothing, and on a PC that has Godspeed already it updates it:

```powershell
$p = Start-Process .\GodspeedSetup.exe -ArgumentList '/VERYSILENT','/SUPPRESSMSGBOXES' -PassThru; $p.WaitForExit(); $p.ExitCode
```

It waits until the installer is done, up to half an hour, and shows `0` when it worked. Typed on its own, `.\GodspeedSetup.exe /VERYSILENT` gives the prompt back at once while the installer keeps working. What it did is in `%LOCALAPPDATA%\Godspeed\setup-log.txt`.