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<li><ahref="#post-installation-installing-homebrew-apps-through-open-shop-channel"id="markdown-toc-post-installation-installing-homebrew-apps-through-open-shop-channel">Post-Installation, installing Homebrew Apps through Open Shop Channel</a></li>
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<p>On Dolphin Emulator version <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">5.0-4588</code> or later, the Wii Menu can be easily installed through Dolphin itself. Once this is done, the Homebrew Channel can be installed, although not in the same manner as a physical Wii.</p>
<h3id="requirements">Requirements</h3>
<ul>
<li>A Windows/MacOS/Linux computer with an Internet connection</li>
<li><ahref="https://dolphin-emu.org/download/">Dolphin Emulator</a> version <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">5.0-4588</code> or later</li>
<li>The latest version of <ahref="https://github.com/Wii-Mini-Hacking/hbc/releases">Open Homebrew Channel</a></li>
</ul>
<h3id="instructions">Instructions</h3>
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<li>
<p>If you have not already done so, install the Wii Menu on Dolphin Emulator by going to <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Tools > Perform System Update</code>.</p>
<p><imgsrc="/images/homebrew-dolphin/system-update.png"alt="Perform System Update"/></p>
</li>
<li>Download <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Open_HBC_(version)_LULZ.wad</code> from the page linked above.</li>
<li>Open Dolphin Emulator.</li>
<li>
<p>Select <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Tools > Install WAD</code> and select the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Open_HBC_(version)_LULZ.wad</code> file that was downloaded.</p>
<h3id="post-installation-installing-homebrew-apps-through-open-shop-channel">Post-Installation, installing Homebrew Apps through Open Shop Channel</h3>
<ol>
<li>Download the Open Shop Channel <ahref="https://oscwii.org/library/app/homebrew_browser">here</a> for usage in Dolphin. Alternatively, you can get OSCDL and do this process manually.</li>
<li>Stop the emulation (if running), and open the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Config > Wii</code> window in Dolphin Emulator.</li>
<li>Enable <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Automatically Sync with Folder</code>. Optionally, you may also want to adjust the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">SD Card File Size</code> to a larger parameter - however in most cases <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Auto</code> should be fine.</li>
<li>Open the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">SD Sync Folder</code>. On Windows, this can easily be done by pasting the folder path into the Start Menu, Windows Explorer, or Run.</li>
<li>
<p>Extract any homebrew apps to the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">WiiSDSync</code> folder. The end result should look something like this:</p>
