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description: A step-by-step guide for setting up Xenon.
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# Installation Guide

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**Platform support:** Xenon is supported on both Win10 and Win11. Supports Intel, AMD CPU/GPUs and Nvidia GPUs
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**Requirements:** Turn off vanguard anticheat and faceit anticheat. Uninstall them if it doesn't load the driver.&#x20;
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**Do not use DirectX12 in the game. Use DirectX11.**
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## Installing and Running Xenon



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**Requirements:** Disable your antivirus or real-time protection in Windows Security.
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## How to download the loader:

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**Download the latest Xenon loader by logging in to your account on our official website:**\
[**https://xenon.cat/**](https://xenon.cat/)\


1. Once you have downloaded the loader, put it anywhere you want.
2. Run the loader.&#x20;
3. Press on Settings button in the loader and set the path for where you want the configs to be saved. This needs to be a VALID windows path. For example C:\\.
4. You will be automatically logged in, select the game to load and press Load Module
5. Wait a while for everything to load and then when you get the popup, press OK
6. Start Overwatch and wait for menu to load. Done!\
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**Remember to set the config path in the loader for every new key!**
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If you had a bluescreen or pc crash your config files may be corrupted. Open them in a text editor to see if they look fine. Corrupted ones won't open properly or be gibberish.
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**Requirements:** Disable your antivirus or real-time protection in Windows Security. Make sure to also disable <mark style="color:blue;">`VBS(Virtualization-based security)`</mark> and <mark style="color:blue;">`HVCI(Hypervisor-Protected Code Integrity)`</mark> Follow the guide below on how to do that.
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## Requirements:

**Check VBS/HVCI Status:**

1. Open System Information (msinfo32)
2. Scroll down to find the <mark style="color:blue;">`Virtualization-based security`</mark> . If it says <mark style="color:blue;">`Running`</mark> Vbs is enabled.

**Disable VBS/HVCI:**

1. Search for <mark style="color:blue;">`Core isolation`</mark> in Windows Search and click the top Result
2. Toggle Memory integrity to Off
3. Reboot your PC as prompted
4. Check System information again to see if <mark style="color:blue;">`Virtualization-based security`</mark> is listed as <mark style="color:blue;">`Not Enabled`</mark> If so, you are done

**Disable Vulnerable Driver Blocklist**

At <mark style="color:blue;">`Device Security`</mark> in the same area as you find <mark style="color:blue;">`Core isolation`</mark>, you will find <mark style="color:blue;">`Vulnerable Driver Blocklist`</mark> at the bottom. Turn it off.\
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**Disable vanguard**\
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## How to download the loader:

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**Download the latest Xenon loader by logging in to your account on our official website:**\
[**https://xenon.cat/**](https://xenon.cat/)

**Before you do anything, start Overwatch, go to video settings and make sure you are on BORDERLESS not fullscreen. Also make sure you are on directx 11. Then close game, now proceed:**\


1. Once you have downloaded the loader, put it anywhere you want.
2. Run the loader.&#x20;
3. Press on Settings button in the loader and set the path for where you want the configs to be saved. This needs to be a VALID windows path. For example C:\\.
4. You will be automatically logged in, select the game to load and press Load Module
5. Wait a while for everything to load and then when you get the popup, press OK
6. Start Overwatch and wait for menu to load. Done!\
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**Remember to set the config path in the loader for every new key!**
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If you had a bluescreen or pc crash your config files may be corrupted. Open them in a text editor to see if they look fine. Corrupted ones won't open properly or be gibberish.\

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