# Extract the exe from the application.windows64?

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/extract-the-exe-from-the-application-windows64/16246>\
**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [December 8, 2019, 10:31am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/extract-the-exe-from-the-application-windows64/16246 "2019-12-08T10:31:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Asbyx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Asbyx](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Asbyx)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 10:31am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/extract-the-exe-from-the-application-windows64/16246/1 "2019-12-08T10:31:26Z")

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Hello,  
I have done a little game, I have export it, so I do have the folder named “application.windows64” with everything in it.

Is it possible to extract the exe from it ? Or just rename the folder ? I have tried but the application didn’t run when the folder was renamed…

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**Author:** ![kll](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/kll/32/964_2.png) [@kll](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kll)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 11:57am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/extract-the-exe-from-the-application-windows64/16246/2 "2019-12-08T11:57:31Z")

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under win10 / 64bit / processing 3.5.3 / mode JAVA  
export sketch windows / incl. JAVA

move rename whole directory [190 MB] and start app works here:

 ![export_move_rename](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/2X/9/97a2f89b591b1eddb7b984d2a092cc191c0081f7.png)

more: even renaming the exe file worked still.

how much you can mess with the sub directories you must find out,  
but i know that deleting the /source/ directory also still works.