Windows OS
Download the Windows installer below for the NEW OpenRocket beta release, saying yes to whatever security prompts your browser presents. Then, double-click on or open the file to run the installer, much like other Windows installers.
Downloading the 2022 Beta Release[edit]
OpenRocket 22.02.beta.01 Installer for Windows
While downloading the OpenRocket installer, you may see the following prompts:
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When you begin downloading the installer, this prompt may appear. If you wish to continue with the download, left-click on "DOWNLOAD ANYWAY" to start the installer download. |
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Then, wait until the download stops. |
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After the download stops, this prompt may appear. If you wish to finish the download, open the additional options by left-clicking on the three dots. Then, left-click on "Keep" to save the OpenRocket installer. |
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Then, Windows wants you to be sure that you really want to keep the downloaded file. So, if you wish to keep the OpenRocket installer, then left-click the "Show more" option. |
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When you do so, this prompt should appear. If you wish to finish saving the downloaded file, then left-click on "Keep anyway" to complete the process of saving the OpenRocket installer. |
- Screenshots may vary with the Windows operating system version installed on your device; the screenshots shown above are those of Windows 11.
Installing the 2022 Beta Release[edit]
After the OpenRocket installer is downloaded, OpenRocket may be installed by doing the following:
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Double-left-click on or open the installation file to run the installer (to start the instal4j installation wizard), displaying the progress of the file transfer. |
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After the file transfer is complete, a warning screen will appear asking for your permission to allow this application to make changes to your device. To continue with the installation, left-click on the "Yes" button. |
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The Welcome screen for the OpenRocket installation will then appear, giving you the option of choosing a different directory in which to save the OpenRocket files. Unless you are familiar with directory structures, you should leave "Yes..." selected and left-click the "Next" button. |
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The next step is to set the file extension associations. The "OpenRocket Rocket Files (*ork)" box should already be checked, so, unless you want to change the file associations, you can just left-click the "Next" box. |
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As the OpenRocket application is installed, the installation progress is displayed. |
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After the installation has finished, the final prompt appears, stating that OpenRocket can be launched by selecting the installed icons. Left-click the "Finish" button to return to the Desktop |
- Screenshots may vary with the Windows operating system version installed on your device; the screenshots shown are those of Windows 11.
Windows 2022 Beta 1 After Installation Checks[edit]
Contrary to what the installer states, the 2022 Beta 1 installer does not provide a shortcut on the desktop, taskbar, or start menu. After running the installer, you may create a desktop shortcut by right-clicking on a blank area of the desktop, and then selecting New → Shortcut in the pop-up window. Within the Create Shortcut dialog box, on the Browse line, navigate to where the installer copied the files (typically "C:\Program Files\OpenRocket") and select "OpenRocket.exe" NOT "OpenRocket.jar", then click Okay to move on, name the shortcut, and click Finish.
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To confirm the proper creation of the shortcut, left-click on the shortcut and select Properties. The shortcut tab should open, and MUST direct you to the OpenRocket.exe Target file, like this. |
Alternatively, if you are using Windows 11, for easy access to OpenRocket in the future, after installing OpenRocket, navigate to the executable OpenRocket.exe file (usually located in the "C:\ProgramFiles\OpenRocket” folder), then right click on the "OpenRocket.exe" file (NOT the “OpenRocket.jar” file), and create a shortcut, pin OpenRocket to the taskbar, and/or pin OpenRocket to the start menu, as you wish.
2015 Version 15.03[edit]
OpenRocket 15.03 Installer for Windows
Please note: This installer does not provide a shortcut on the desktop or the start menu. After installing, the actual executable file for the application is installed into your user/AppData/Local/OpenRocket folder. Open that folder in Windows Explorer, right click the "OpenRocket.exe" file (NOT the “OpenRocket.jar” file), and create a shortcut, pin it to the taskbar and/or pin it in the start menu, as you desire, for easy access to it in the future.