.. _section-Launching Sunflower:

Launching Sunflower
===================

In the **sunflower-studio-ce** folder, double-click the **Sunflower** executable to launch the application. A dialog box opens up to ask where **Sunflower** should keep your work in progress, as shown in :numref:`figure-Installation-workspace-location.png`. Specify a folder location on your system for this workspace and click OK. The folder location is automatically created if it does not yet exist. To use an existing workspace, use the Browse button to navigate to it and then press OK.


.. _figure-Installation-workspace-location.png:

.. figure:: ../figs/Installation-workspace-location.png
   :alt: User is asked to specify a folder location for the **Sunflower** workspace

   User is asked to specify a folder location for the **Sunflower** workspace

Next you will see a **Sunflower** End User License Agreement dialog window, scroll down to read the agreement, then check Yes to accept it, and press OK, as indicated in :numref:`figure-Installation-end-user-license-agreement.png`.

.. _figure-Installation-end-user-license-agreement.png:

.. figure:: ../figs/Installation-end-user-license-agreement.png
   :alt: User is asked to accept the **Sunflower** End User License Agreement

   User is asked to accept the **Sunflower** End User License Agreement

If a new workspace is specified when installing **Sunflower**, the system starts out initially with an empty navigator tree, as shown in :numref:`figure-Installation-Sunflower-UI.png`. Projects must be created or
imported. See Section :ref:`section-Loading a project` on how to load an existing project into **Sunflower**.



.. _figure-Installation-Sunflower-UI.png:

.. figure:: ../figs/Installation-Sunflower-UI.png
   :alt: **Sunflower** GUI starts out with an empty navigation tree

   **Sunflower** GUI starts out with an empty navigation tree

If an existing workspace is specified when installing a newer version of **Sunflower**, the **Update Core** function should be applied to projects in the navigation tree. To do this, click and highlight a project. Then select the option **Update Core** from the right-click menu, as shown in :numref:`figure-Installation-update-core.png`. **Update Core** brings all **Sunflower** core modules up-to-date for the project.


.. _figure-Installation-update-core.png:

.. figure:: ../figs/Installation-update-core.png
   :alt: **Update Core** should be applied to projects of an older workspace

   **Update Core** should be applied to projects of an older workspace