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= [wiki:help/en Cyberduck Help] / [wiki:help/en/howto Howto] / [wiki:help/en/howto/mount Mountain Duck] / Installation =

== Installation ==

=== macOS ===
Requires ''macOS 10.11'' or later. 

==== Download ====
Move the unzipped application bundle Mountain Duck.app from the Downloads to the `/Applications` folder on your computer. '''No admin privileges for installation is required'''.

==== Mac App Store ====
Mountain Duck is installed through the Mac App Store in `/Applications`. You can always reinstall Mountain Duck on any Mac you own from the Mac App Store in '' → App Store… → Purchased''.

==== Login Item ====
You can choose to open Mountain Duck when you login to your computer. Note that the application will '''not''' appear in Login Items of the User & Groups system preference pane. The login item is removed, when you quit the application using ''Quit Mountain Duck''.

You will be prompted if Mountain Duck would be opened when logging in to your computer. If you have chosen ''Don't ask again'' but want to add Mountain Duck as a login item later, reset the preference with `defaults delete io.mountainduck loginitem.enable` in a ''Terminal.app'' window.

[[Image(Login Item.png)]]

==== Finder Extension ====
Enable the Mountain Duck Finder Extension in ''System Preferences → Extensions → Finder'' by selecting the checkbox. This will enable context menu items for files selected on a mounted volume with options to ''Reload'' the folder listing and copy & open URLs of files.

[[Image(Mountain Duck Finder Integration.png)]]

=== Windows ===
Requires Windows 7 or later. 

==== Installer ====
[https://mountainduck.io/changelog/ Download] the Mountain Duck Installer.exe with administrator privilege to install Mountain Duck.
==== MSI ====
[https://mountainduck.io/changelog/ Download] MSI Installer for corporate environments. Requires prior installation of ​''Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2''.


== Registration Key ==
Double click the file `.mountainducklicense` to open and register with Mountain Duck. Alternatively you can copy the key with your installation routine to the [wiki:help/en/faq#Preferencesandapplicationsupportfileslocation application support directory].

=== macOS ===
 * `~/Library/Group Containers/G69SCX94XU.duck/Library/Application Support/duck/`
=== Windows ===
You can install the registration key either in 
 * `%APPDATA%\Cyberduck` 
 * `C:\Program Files (x86)\Mountain Duck`