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Last release: May 29, 2017 - Download

Portability

Simply place Gw2Patcher.exe in its own folder to easily move it around when desired. All files related to updating will be located in the session subfolder, which can be deleted after successfully patching the game. Note that these files will not be used in any future updates, except in the very rare case of a hotfix to the executable, where the manifests remain unchanged.

Preparing an update

Simply follow the options in order, starting with the processing of Gw2.dat. If you can run executables, this is all you to need to do from home, otherwise you'll need to additionally download and process the update manifests.

Unable to run executables

If you can't run this program from the location you're downloading from, you will need to download the update manifests from home, since they need to processed first. The actual updates however can be exported as a list of files, which you can download elsewhere and simply drop into the cache folder.

BITSAdmin

On Windows, a simple method of downloading files is by using the bitsadmin command. To do this, first export the list of files using the following format:

"$url" "C:\$filename"

Change C:\ to where you actually want to save the files and end the format with a blank line (enter). Remember, the output is formatted exactly as specified, so to generate a list of files, the format needs a blank line.

To run bitsadmin, open notepad and save the following as bits.bat:

bitsadmin.exe /create /download Gw2Patcher
bitsadmin.exe /setpriority Gw2Patcher foreground
bitsadmin.exe /SetNotifyCmdLine Gw2Patcher bitsadmin.exe "bitsadmin.exe /complete Gw2Patcher"
bitsadmin.exe /addfileset Gw2Patcher export.txt
bitsadmin.exe /resume Gw2Patcher

Place the list of exported files (export.txt) in the same folder and run bits.bat to download the files.