> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.patch.gg/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get started

> Install Patch on your Windows PC, and what to do when Windows warns about it.

> [!TIP]
>
> Making games with a coding agent? Install [`pch`](https://docs.patch.gg/cli) with one line, and every coding agent on your PC knows Patch.

Patch is a Windows app. Six steps get it running, and two of them only happen if Windows stops to ask about it, which it does for any app it hasn't met before.

**1. Download Patch**

Press **Download for Windows** on [patch.gg](https://patch.gg). It's one file, Patch Setup, about 115 MB.

<video autoPlay muted loop playsInline src="https://cdn.patch.gg/site/download-b5f305b13d17.mp4" />

**2. Open the installer**

Open your browser's downloads, at the top right, and open Patch Setup from there. It installs Patch in your own user folder and opens it when it's done; nothing asks for an administrator.

<video autoPlay muted loop playsInline src="https://cdn.patch.gg/site/open-1a247d038d6e.mp4" />

**3. If Windows says it protected your PC, press More info, then Run anyway**

That's SmartScreen, which warns about any installer whose publisher Windows doesn't know yet. Press **More info**: the dialog then names the file and its publisher, which Windows still doesn't know. Press **Run anyway** and the install carries on.

<video autoPlay muted loop playsInline src="https://cdn.patch.gg/site/smartscreen-327294087465.mp4" />

**4. If Smart App Control blocked it, turn it off**

Some Windows 11 PCs have Smart App Control on. Instead of SmartScreen's dialog, it blocks the installer outright, with no way through for just one app.

![Smart App Control blocked an app that may be unsafe](https://mintcdn.com/patch-b3bbfc3b/c8TwhFd1YBGwBfaT/images/get-started/blocked.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=c8TwhFd1YBGwBfaT\&q=85\&s=1fa14ec852f89b27361ad0f05bef3f37)

To run Patch, turn it off: open **Windows Security**, go to **App & browser control**, open **Smart App Control settings** and choose **Off**. Then open Patch Setup again.

![Windows Security's Smart App Control settings, set to Off](https://mintcdn.com/patch-b3bbfc3b/c8TwhFd1YBGwBfaT/images/get-started/smart-app-control.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=c8TwhFd1YBGwBfaT\&q=85\&s=045a866d4fd82557b4ebe25801334907)

> [!WARNING]
>
> Windows' own rule: once Smart App Control is off, it stays off until Windows is reinstalled. SmartScreen and your antivirus stay on.

**5. Let it install**

Patch Setup takes a few seconds and opens Patch when it's done.

<video autoPlay muted loop playsInline src="https://cdn.patch.gg/site/install-d47ee86872bb.mp4" />

**6. Sign in and press Play**

Patch opens on Discover. Sign in the way you like, find something, and press Play. Patch finds the game on your PC, sets the mod up and starts it; nothing else to install.

<video autoPlay muted loop playsInline src="https://cdn.patch.gg/site/sign-in-b620956297c8.mp4" />

## Why Windows warns about Patch

We're a startup, and Patch launched this week. Windows decides whether to trust an installer by its publisher's reputation, and a new publisher has none: Microsoft's review takes one to two weeks, and until it's through, your PC doesn't recognise Patch as an approved app and says so. The warnings are about how new we are, not about what's in the file.

You don't have to take our word for it. The installer is scanned by dozens of antivirus engines at [VirusTotal](https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/bb80a9beb2cb121117ab6b277e81aa3a28b49cd1a34667bbedb834f7484723e6/detection), where none flags it, and the report is public.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Patch is built by New Save Labs, Inc. If something on this page doesn't match what you see, ask in [the help channel of our Discord](https://discord.gg/W2VyyKxJy).


This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.