# Quickstart

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In this article I'll guide you thru How to Get Started with using Durty Cloth Tool in order to create your first addon Cloth Resource for any Multiplayer platform or Singleplayer. **You will learn How To Download and Install Durty Cloth Tool.**

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**Already a Durty Cloth Tool User**? Head to [essential-knowledge](https://docs.gta.clothing/basics/essential-knowledge "mention") to dive into everything essential to know!
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## Setup your Durty Cloth Tool Installation

Get your DCT Installation setup within minutes.

### 1. Download Latest Version of Durty Cloth Tool

Download the latest available version of the Durty Cloth Tool from [here](https://github.com/DurtyFree/durty-cloth-tool/releases/latest/download/DurtyClothTool.App.zip).

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You can also press the 'Download Latest' Button on upper right of this page or alternatively always from [our Website](https://gta.clothing).
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### 2. Extract zipped Durty Cloth Tool Files

Navigate to your downloads output folder and search for the `DurtyClothTool.App.zip` you just downloaded.

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Default Downloads folder of the most common browsers is located at `C:\Users\%username%\Downloads`
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Open the context menu by right clicking on this file and select `Extract All...` or any other option from your ZIP Extraction tool of choice.

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Depending on your ZIP Extraction tool of your choice, a popup looking like this could appear. In this case continue by pressing `Extract`.

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### 3. Start Durty Cloth Tool Application

Navigate into the just extracted DurtyClothTool.App folder if it didn't open automatically and double click on the `DurtyClothTool.App.exe` to start it up.

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If you haven't deleted the DurtyClothTool.App.zip yet, you can go ahead and do this now, alternatively if you like it messy, keep it there. 🫠
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#### In case you get an "Windows protected your PC" popup, press on 'More info' and choose Run anyway.

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**Why does the 'Windows protected your PC' screen popup?** This is due to the nature of running Software published without any digital certificate attached. These only work when authorized by some big distributors that demand lots of money for this.
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#### In case the application doesn't start or is blocked by your anti virus

In some cases it is possible that your anti virus is triggered due to the way the software is build in a protected way. **This is in all cases a so called false positive, feel free to verify it yourself using services like** [**VirusTotal**](https://www.virustotal.com)**.** Additionally we always provide VirusTotal scan results on every release of DCT.

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**In order to continue, you will have to add an exclusion / exception rule for Durty Cloth Tool** in your Anti Virus system. See the tabs for some of the most common Anti Virus systems and how to do it.
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**Step 1:** Open Avast on your computer and go to the Avast dashboard.

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**Step 2:** Click Menu, and select the Settings tab. Look for the Exceptions tab under the General tab, and select this.

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**Step 3:** Under this tab, click "**ADD EXCEPTION** and a new window will appear. Enter the File Path of your Durty Cloth Tool Folder that you want to add to your whitelist or simply search for it.

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### 4. Profit

You should have a **Durty Cloth Tool installation running by now.**&#x20;

Lets continue by either adding clothes and / or tattoos to it, click on one of the cards below to continue. See you there 🚀

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Download and Activate your License</strong></td><td>This is optional and not needed if you are testing 🫡</td><td><a href="license-activation">license-activation</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Create your first Addon Cloth Resource</strong></td><td>Your first Cloth Project with Clothes 👕</td><td><a href="first-cloth-resource">first-cloth-resource</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Create your first Addon Tattoo</strong></td><td>Your first Cloth Project with Tattoos 🖌️</td><td><a href="first-addon-tattoo">first-addon-tattoo</a></td></tr></tbody></table>