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Source/Documentation/Manual/options.rst

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This window allows you to add, remove or modify access to additional MSTS
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installations or miniroute installations for Open Rails. Installations
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located on other drives, or on a USB key, can be added even if they are
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This window allows you to add, remove or modify access to content.
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Each profile may be a folder containing one or more routes, or an MSTS
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installation.
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Profiles located on other drives, or on a USB key, can be added even if they are
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Click on the *Add* button, and locate the desired installation. OR will
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the name if desired, then click *OK* to add the new path and name to
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Open Rails.
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Please do not store content or any files within the folder containing the Open Rails software.
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This is because the Updater operates by wiping out the contents of that folder before replacing it
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with a new updated version.
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It would be unfriendly for users to lose content that they have stored there, so
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attempts to add a profile folder stored there are blocked and lead to an error message.
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To remove an entry (note that this does not remove the installation
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itself!) select the entry in the window, and click *Delete*, then *OK*
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to close the window. To modify an entry, use the *Change...* button to

Source/Documentation/Manual/start.rst

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Manual), to run the game you must double-click on the Open Rails icon on
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the desktop, or on the OpenRails.exe file.
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The OpenRails main window will appear. This displays your available MSTS
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installation profiles.
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The OpenRails main window will appear.
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If you have an MSTS installation in place, this will be displayed as your available
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installation profile.
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If not, then you must download some content and add it as an Installation Profile.
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Installation Profiles
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In the simplest case, where you have only a basic MSTS installation (see
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Each profile may be a folder containing one or more routes, or an optional MSTS
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installation.
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In the case where you already have an MSTS installation (see
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paragraph :ref:`Does Open Rails need MSTS to run? <intro-MSTSneeded>` for a precise definition of
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a MSTS installation) OR should already correctly point to that
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installation. To check this, you should initially see under ``Installation
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Profile`` the string ``- Default -``. Under ``Route`` you should see the
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name of one of the MSTS routes in your MSTS installation.
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You can easily add, remove or move other MSTS installations and select
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You can easily add, remove or move other content profiles and select
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among them (e.g. if you have any so-called ``mini-routes`` installed.).
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Click on the ``Options`` button and select the ``Content`` tab. See the
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:ref:`Content Options <options-Content>` discussed below for more instructions.

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