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title: "WiiFlow"
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---
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{% include toc title="Table of Contents" %}
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This is a quick start guide on how to use WiiFlow, a USB loader for the Wii that's used to play games from a USB drive or SD card.
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### Requirements
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* A Wii
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* A USB drive and/or SD card
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* [WiiFlow Lite](https://oscwii.org/library/app/wiiflow)
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Make sure you have installed [cIOS](/cios) before following this!
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{: .notice--info}
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To copy game backups over, use [Wii Backup Manager](/wiibackupmanager) if you use Windows, [Witgui](https://desairem.com/wordpress/category/witgui-download/) if you use macOS, or [Wii Backup Fusion](https://github.com/larsenv/Wii-Backup-Fusion) for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
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If you want to play games that are in NKit format, use [this program](https://gbatemp.net/download/nkit.36157/) to convert them to ISO first.
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If you are not copying games using Wii Backup Manager, Witgui, or Wii Backup Fusion, make a folder on the root of the USB drive or SD card named "wbfs" and put the games in there.
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To play games, you are advised to use a large SD card or an external hard drive, flash drives are very sporadic in functionality. See [storage FAQ](faq).
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Make sure your USB drive is formatted as FAT32. Do not format it as other types such as exFAT or extFS. <br>
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You may format it as NTFS, but it won't work with a majority of apps (eg. The Homebrew Channel, Nintendont)
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WiiFlow can load games from an SD card or a USB drive.
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### Instructions
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#### Downloading
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1. Extract WiiFlow and put the `apps` and `WiiFlow` folders on your USB drive or SD card.
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1. Insert your USB drive, and SD card if you're using one, into your Wii and launch WiiFlow from the Homebrew Channel.
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#### Getting Started
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This is not a full comprehensive guide on using WiiFlow. This is intended to help you learn how to use it, by giving you a quick start. You should be able to figure out all the great features of WiiFlow by using it.
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+ WiiFlow by default is set to only find games on the SD card. This can be changed by going in to settings, startup settings then turn off "Mount SD Only".
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+ You can toggle between viewing Wii games, GameCube games, Wii Channels, Plugins, Homebrew apps by clicking the button second to last button on the right.
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+ You can download game covers by going to "Settings" then "Download Covers and Banners"
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#### User Interface
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When WiiFlow detects games, they are displayed in flow view. When you click on a game you are given these options:
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+ Star - Adds game to favorites.
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+ Bookshelf - Adds the game to 1 of 6 categories of your choosing.
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+ Gears - Opens the settings menu for the specific game. Changing settings here will only effect the game you changed the settings for.
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+ X - Deletes the game from the USB drive or SD card
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When you bring the cursor to the bottom of the screen while in flow view, there are 6 icons:
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+ Bookshelf - View the games that are sorted in the categories you chose.
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+ Star - View games you favorited.
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+ Gears - Opens WiiFlow Settings.
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+ Game Type - Toggles between different types of apps/games. The logo changes depending on what game type you have selected.
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+ Disc - Loads game that is in disc drive.
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+ House - Will open this menu. This menu can also be launched by pressing the home button.
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+ Help Guide - Shows all the controls you can use in WiiFlow.
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+ Reload Cache - Press this when WiiFlow is not detecting a new game on the USB drive or SD card.
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+ File Explorer - Allows you to boot games/apps from anywhere on your USB drive or SD card.
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+ Select Plugins - Allows you to select plugins.
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+ Credits - Shows the people who worked on WiiFlow.
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+ Shutdown - Allows you to either go into full shutdown, or Standby mode.
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+ Exit To - Lets you exit to Wii Menu, HBC, neek2o, Priiloader and Bootmii.
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+ Settings - Will open the WiiFlow Settings menu
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#### Options once complete
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[Continue to site navigation](site-navigation)<br>
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We have many other tutorials that you might like.
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