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Updated the Windows portable installation instructions.

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It's possible to easily create a portable installation of ES-DE for Windows, for example on a USB memory stick.
For the sake of this example, let's assume that the removable media has the device name `f:\`.
For the sake of this example, let's assume that the removable media has the device name `f:\`
These are the steps to perform:
* Copy the EmulationStation-DE installation directory to f:\
* Create the directory `ES-DE_Home\.emulationstation` directly under f:\
* Copy `f:\EmulationStation-DE\resources\systems\windows\es_systems.xml` to `f:\ES-DE_Home\.emulationstation\custom_systems\`
* Copy your emulator directories to f:\
* Create the directory `ES-DE_Home` directly under f:\
* Copy your game ROMs into `f:\ES-DE_Home\ROMs`
* Copy your emulators to f:\ (such as the RetroArch directory)
* Create the file `start_es.bat` directly under f:\
* Create the file `Start_ES-DE.bat` directly under f:\
Add the following lines to the start_es.bat file:
Add the following lines to the Start_ES-DE.bat file:
```
@echo off
EmulationStation-DE\EmulationStation.exe --home %CD:~0,3%ES-DE_Home
```
The emulators that will be automatically searched for by ES-DE are (relative to the EmulationStation-DE directory):
```
..\RetroArch-Win64\retroarch.exe
..\RetroArch\retroarch.exe
..\yuzu\yuzu-windows-msvc\yuzu.exe
```
The two dots will of course resolve to the root of the device in this example, such as ..\RetroArch-Win64\retroarch.exe being the same as f:\RetroArch-Win64\retroarch.exe
This means that as long has you don't have any non-standard directory names for your emulators, everything should work fine with the default configuration. But if needed, these paths can be easily customized by modifying f:\EmulationStation-DE\resources\systems\windows\es_find_rules.xml
The contents of f:\ should now look something like this:
```
EmulationStation-DE
ES-DE_Home
RetroArch
start_es.bat
EmulationStation-DE\
ES-DE_Home\
RetroArch-Win64\
yuzu\ (if you're using this Nintendo Switch emulator)
Start_ES-DE.bat
```
Now run the batch script to start ES-DE and check that everything works as expected, for example that the gamelists are properly populated.
Now run the batch script to start ES-DE and check that everything works as expected.
Exit the application and modify the file `f:\ES-DE_Home\.emulationstation\custom_systems\es_systems.xml` to point to the emulators on the portable media.
For instance, change from this:
```
<command>retroarch.exe -L %EMUPATH%\cores\snes9x_libretro.dll %ROM%</command>
```
To this:
```
<command>%ESPATH%\..\RetroArch\retroarch.exe -L %EMUPATH%\cores\snes9x_libretro.dll %ROM%</command>
```
The %ESPATH% variable is explained later in this document.
Following this, optionally copy any existing gamelist.xml and game media files to the removable media. By default these files should be located here:
Following this, optionally copy any existing gamelist.xml files and game media files to the removable media. By default these should be located here:
```
f:\ES-DE_Home\.emulationstation\gamelists\