NadekoBot/docs/guides/Windows Guide.md

Setting Up NadekoBot on Windows

Prerequisites

• Notepad++ (or some other decent text editor)
• Windows 8 or later

Guide

• Download and run the NadekoBot Updater
• Press 'Install ffmpeg' button if you want music features note: RESTART YOUR PC IF YOU DO
• Press Update and go through the installation wizard note: If you're upgrading from 1.3, DO NOT select your old nadekobot folder. Install it in a separate directory and read the upgrading guide
• When installation is finished, make sure 'open credentials.json' is checked. note: Make sure to open it with Notepad++ or some other decent text editor.

Creating DiscordBot application

• Go to the Discord developer application page.
• Log in with your Discord account.
• On the left side, press New Application.
• Fill out the App Name (your bot's name, in this case), put the image you want, and add an app description(optional).
• Create the application.
• Click on Create a Bot User and confirm that you do want to add a bot to this app.
• Keep this window open for now.

Setting up credentials.json file

• In there you will see fields such as Token, ClientId, and OwnerIDs.
• In your applications page (the window you were asked to keep open earlier), under the Bot User section, you will see Token:click to reveal, click to reveal the token. (Note: Make sure that you actually use a Token and not a Client Secret! It is in the App Bot User tab.)
• Copy your bot's token, and on the "Token" line of your credentials.json, paste your bot token between the quotation marks.
• Copy the Client ID on the page and replace the 12312123 part of the ClientId line with it.
• Go to a server on discord and attempt to mention yourself, but put a backslash at the start like shown below
• So the message \@fearnlj01#3535 will appear as <@145521851676884992> after you send the message (to make it slightly easier, add the backslash after you type the mention out)
• The message will appear as a mention if done correctly, copy the numbers from the message you sent (145521851676884992) and replace the ID (By default, the ID is 105635576866156544) on the OwnerIds section with your user ID shown earlier.
• Save credentials.json
• If done correctly, you are now the bot owner. You can add multiple owners by seperating each owner ID with a comma within the square brackets.

Inviting your bot to your server

• Invite Guide
• Copy your Client ID from your applications page.
• Replace the 12345678 in this link https://discordapp.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=12345678&scope=bot&permissions=66186303 with your Client ID.
• The link should now look like this: https://discordapp.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=**YOUR_CLENT_ID_HERE**&scope=bot&permissions=66186303.
• Go to the newly created link and pick the server we created, and click Authorize.
• The bot should have been added to your server.

Starting the bot

• Either press "Start" Button in the updater, or run the bot via it's desktop shortcut.

Updating NadekoBot

• Make sure the bot is closed and is not running (Run .die in a connected server to ensure it's not running).
• Open NadekoBot Updater
• If updates are available, you will be able to click on the Update button
• Start the bot
• You've updated and are running again, easy as that!