{{Header}} __NOINDEX__ {{title|title= {{project_name_long}} Windows User Interface }} {{#seo: |description=The {{project_name_short}} User Interface for Microsoft Windows. Screenshots. Rationale. Build documentation. Source code. Whonix.exe |image=Whonix_User_Interface_start.png }} [[File:Whonix_User_Interface_start.png|thumb]] '''Go to [[Dev/Windows Installer]].''' {{intro| The {{project_name_short}} User Interface for Microsoft Windows. Screenshots. Rationale. Build documentation. Source code. Whonix.exe }} {{Archived}} Year 2024 notice: This page is still about the old code. It needs to be updated for: https://github.com/Whonix/Whonix-Starter = Introduction = The [[Dev/Windows Installer|{{project_name_short}}-Windows-Installer]] was designed as a simple and fast way to set-up {{project_name_short}} on a system running Microsoft Windows. To make using {{project_name_short}} after the installation as convenient as possible {{project_name_short}}-Windows-User-Interface, more simply {{project_name_short}}.exe is provided. It is a small C# based launcher for {{project_name_short}}. {{project_name_short}}-Windows-User-Interface will be installed when installing {{project_name_short}} on Windows using {{project_name_short}}-Windows-Installer. {{#widget:Download_Button |text=Download Whonix ™ Xfce |url=/wiki/Windows_Quick_Start |os=windows|os=virtualbox }} The following instructions on this page document how to build {{project_name_short}}-Windows-User-Interface from source code. For information on how to build {{project_name_short}}-Windows-Installer, see [[Dev/Windows Installer|{{project_name_short}}-Windows-Installer]]. = Screenshots = '''Figure:''' ''Whonix desktop starter'' [[Image:Whonix_desktop_starter.png]] '''Figure:''' ''Whonix user interface'' [[Image:Whonix_User_Interface_start.png]] '''Figure:''' ''Stop Whonix'' [[Image:Whonix_User_Interface_stop.png]] = Building {{project_name_short}}-Windows-UI from Source Code= == Requirements == * A Windows-Machine on which to do this * Visual Studio Community 2015 or newer including the ClickOnce Publishing Tools (need to choose custom and select ClickOnce during installation), which may be obtained from here: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/ * The {{project_name_short}}-Windows-UI source code, which can be found here: https://github.com/Whonix/Whonix-Windows-UI == Building == Start Visual Studio Community and click on "Open Project...". Select {{project_name_short}}-UI.sln found in the highest level folder of the source you've obtained from Github. Now, click on "BuildBuild Solution". You should now find the finished {{project_name_short}}.exe under {{project_name_short}}-UI\bin\Debug. = See Also = * [[Dev/Windows Installer|{{project_name_short}}-Windows-Installer]] * [[Verify the Project Windows Installer|Verify the {{project_name_short}} Windows Installer]] {{Footer}} [[Category:Development]]