title: Zettelstore installation for the intermediate user
role: manual
tags: #installation #manual #zettelstore
syntax: zmk

You already tried the Zettelstore software and now you want to use it permanently.
Zettelstore should start automatically when you log into your computer.

* Grab the appropriate executable and copy it into the appropriate directory
* If you want to place your zettel into another directory, or if you want more than one [[Zettelstore box|00001004011200]], or if you want to [[enable authentication|00001010040100]], or if you want to tweak your Zettelstore in some other way, create an appropriate [[startup configuration file|00001004010000]].
* If you created a startup configuration file, you need to test it:
** Start a command line prompt for your operating system.
** Navigate to the directory, where you placed the Zettelstore executable.
   In most cases, this is done by the command ``cd DIR``, where ''DIR'' denotes the directory, where you placed the executable.
** Start the Zettelstore:
*** On Windows execute the command ``zettelstore.exe run -c CONFIG_FILE``
*** On macOS execute the command ``./zettelstore run -c CONFIG_FILE``
*** On Linux execute the command ``./zettelstore run -c CONFIG_FILE``
** In all cases ''CONFIG_FILE'' must be substituted by file name where you wrote the startup configuration.
** If you encounter some error messages, update the startup configuration, and try again.
* Depending on your operating system, there are different ways to register Zettelstore to start automatically:
** [[Windows|00001003305000]]
** [[macOS|00001003310000]]
** [[Linux|00001003315000]]