1.3. Manual install on Windows

Tip

On Windows, it is strongly recommended to download and install one of the two auto-installable setup.exe files.

  1. Make sure that you have a Java™ 1.6+ runtime installed on your machine. To check this, open a command window and type "java -version" followed by Enter. You should get something looking like this:

    C:\>java -version
    java version "1.7.0"
    Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0-b147)
    Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 21.0-b17, mixed mode, sharing)
  2. Use a tool like WinZip, 7-Zip or Info-Zip [2] to unzip the XXE distribution inside any directory you want:

    C:\> mkdir XMLmind
    C:\> cd XMLmind
    C:\XMLmind> unzip xxe-perso-5_0_0.zip
    C:\XMLmind> dir xxe-perso-5_0_0
    ... <DIR> addon
    ... <DIR> bin
    ... <DIR> demo
    ... <DIR> doc
    ...
  3. XXE is intended to be used directly from the xxe-perso-5_0_0/ directory. That is, you can start XXE by simply executing:

    C:\XMLmind> xxe-perso-5_0_0\bin\xxe.exe

    After that, you may want to add a shortcut to "C:\XMLmind\xxe-perso-5_0_0\bin\xxe.exe" on your desktop.

    Note that the bin directory contains not only xxe.exe, but also an equivalent xxe.bat which may be handy if you intend to customize the way XXE is started.



[2] Note that Windows XP has built-in support for .zip archives.