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            <h1>Install Web Based Download Utility with Aria2 WebUI on Windows</h1>
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          <h2>Quick Setup</h2>

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	<li>Download aria2 <a href="https://github.com/aria2/aria2/releases" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
	<li>Download webui-aria2 <a href="https://github.com/ziahamza/webui-aria2" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
	<li>Extract the downloaded webui .zip file</li>
	<li>Extract the downloaded aria2 .zip file</li>
	<li>Rename the extracted folder aria2</li>
	<li>Copy the aria2 folder to a permanant location such as C:\Program Files</li>
	<li>Hold the SHIFT key and right click in the white space &gt; Open PowerShell windows here...</li>
	<li>Run the following command to start aria2 with the RPC server enabled
	<div class="codeBlock">.\aria2c.exe --dir=C:\Downloads --enable-rpc=true --rpc-allow-origin-all=true --rpc-listen-all=true --rpc-listen-port=6800 --rpc-secret=SomethingSecure -D</div>
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	<li>Navigate back to the extracted webui-aria2 folder and into the docs directory</li>
	<li>Double click index.html to open it in the default web browser</li>
	<li>Select Settings &gt; Connection Settings from the top navigation menu</li>
	<li>Scroll down to the&nbsp;Enter the secret token field and paste the rpc-secret string, SomethingSecure in this example</li>
	<li>Scroll down and click the Save Connection configuration button</li>
	<li>The webui will now be able to communicate with aria2 over RPC</li>
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<h2>Starting Aria2 on System Boot</h2>

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	<li>Open File Explorer and navigate to C:\Program Files\Aria2 (or wherever Aria2 is installed)</li>
	<li>Right click in the white space &gt; New &gt; Text Document</li>
	<li>Name the new doucment aria2.conf</li>
	<li>Edit the new aria2.conf file in a text editor</li>
	<li>Paste the following basic configuration into the file
	<p>dir=C:\Downloads<br />
	enable-rpc=true<br />
	rpc-allow-origin-all=true<br />
	rpc-listen-all=true<br />
	rpc-listen-port=6800<br />
	rpc-secret=SomethingSecure</p>
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	<li>Save the aria2.conf file</li>
	<li>Click on the Start Button &gt; Type task &gt; Launch Task Scheduler</li>
	<li>Right click the Task Scheduler Library folder in the left pane &gt; Create Basic&nbsp;Task...</li>
	<li>Set the name to Aria2 and optionally set a Description &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>For the Trigger, select When the computer starts &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>For the Action, select Start a program&nbsp;&gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>In the Program/script field, paste the following, editing the path if Aria2&nbsp;is installed somewhere else
	<p>&quot;%ProgramFiles%\aria2\aria2c.exe&quot;</p>
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	<li>In the Add Arguments field, paste the following, again editing the path if necessary
	<p>--conf-path=&quot;%ProgramFiles%\aria2\aria2.conf&quot; -D</p>
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	<li>Click Next</li>
	<li>Click Finish</li>
	<li>In the Properties dialog, click the Change User or Group... button</li>
	<li>Type System in the Object name field &gt; Click OK</li>
	<li>Check the Run with highest privileges box</li>
	<li>Click OK to create the scheduled task</li>
	<li>Right click the Aria2 scheduled task &gt; Run</li>
	<li>Right click the task bar &gt; Task Manager</li>
	<li>Select the Details tab and aria2c.exe should be running</li>
	<li>Open the aria2-webui page to very it has connected</li>
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<p>Additional Aria2 documentation, including how to setup SSL,&nbsp;can be found at&nbsp;<a href="https://aria2.github.io/manual/en/html/aria2c.html#options" target="_blank">https://aria2.github.io/manual/en/html/aria2c.html#options</a></p>          </div>
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