# How to export a sketch as .exe

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**Category:** Beginners\
**Created:** [June 25, 2018, 6:51am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-export-a-sketch-as-exe/1233 "2018-06-25T06:51:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![prasad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de0a6/32.png) [@prasad](https://discourse.processing.org/u/prasad)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 6:51am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-export-a-sketch-as-exe/1233/1 "2018-06-25T06:51:50Z")

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i need to create a .exe of my project to run independently of processing environment.  
How do i do it.

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**Author:** ![WakeMeAtThree](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/wakemeatthree/32/38_2.png) [@WakeMeAtThree](https://discourse.processing.org/u/WakeMeAtThree)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 7:00am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-export-a-sketch-as-exe/1233/2 "2018-06-25T07:00:45Z")

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In the Processing editor, go to File \> Export Application and check the options you want. If you are including any external data in your program, make sure it’s inside a `.\data` folder.

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**Author:** ![prasad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de0a6/32.png) [@prasad](https://discourse.processing.org/u/prasad)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 7:32am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-export-a-sketch-as-exe/1233/3 "2018-06-25T07:32:32Z")

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Tried that,  
It generates 2 folders, application.windows32 and application.windows64 and the sketch itself…  
In the windows32 folder there are 2 more folders, lib, source and the sketch.  
In the windows64 folder there are 3 more folders, java, lib, and source.  
May be i don’t know where to look.  
I am new to coding and this would be my first exe.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![josephh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/josephh/32/210_2.png) [@josephh](https://discourse.processing.org/u/josephh)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 7:53am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-export-a-sketch-as-exe/1233/4 "2018-06-25T07:53:41Z")

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Your `.exe` file is in your `application.windows32` / `application.windows64` folder :

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**Author:** ![prasad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de0a6/32.png) [@prasad](https://discourse.processing.org/u/prasad)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 8:47am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-export-a-sketch-as-exe/1233/5 "2018-06-25T08:47:49Z")

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Thanks for the help.  
it’s working.