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@ -10,13 +10,6 @@ The basic steps are:
2. Click **Download** and download the `.hex` file
3. Copy the `.hex` file from your computer onto the micro:bit drive
### ~hint
You can use the [micro:bit uploader](/uploader) to automatically deploy ``.hex`` files to your micro:bit!
![](/static/uploader/tooltip.png)
### ~
## Requirements
You need the following things to transfer and run a script on your micro:bit:
@ -39,38 +32,55 @@ it appears as a new drive under Devices.
![](/static/mb/device/usb-windows-device.jpg)
## Step 2: Download your program
## Step 2 (optional): Configure Chrome to ask where to save the file
You only need to do this once.
1. Open the **Settings** for Chrome.
2. Click **Advanced** at the bottom of the page.
3. Find the **Downloads** settings.
4. Enable the setting **Ask where to save each file before downloading**.
## Step 3: Download your program
1. Open your project on [pxt.microbit.org](https://pxt.microbit.org)
2. Click **Download**
3. When prompted, choose to **save** the compiled file onto your computer. The
prompt will be different depending on which browser you are using, or
whether you are using a Windows computer or a Mac
3. If you did Step 2 above, Chrome will ask where to save the `.hex` file,
so save it into the `MICROBIT` drive.
Otherwise, continue with one of the options in Step 4 below.
Your `.hex` file appears as a download at the bottom of the browser. Click on
the arrow next to the name of the file and then click **Show in folder**.
## Step 4: Transfer the file to your micro:bit
If the file was saved onto your computer, you will need to transfer it to the micro:bit.
### Manual transfer
Your `.hex` file (created in Step 3 above) appears as a download at the bottom of the browser.
Click on the arrow next to the name of the file and then click **Show in folder**.
![](/static/mb/device/usb-windows-chrome.png)
Drag and drop the `.hex` file from the download folder onto the `MICROBIT` drive.
In File Explorer, drag and drop the `.hex` file from the download folder onto the `MICROBIT` drive.
## Step 3: Transfer the file to your micro:bit
Alternatively, right-click on the hex file, choose **Send to**, and then **MICROBIT**.
![](/static/mb/device/usb-windows-sendto.jpg)
### micro:bit uploader
You can use the [micro:bit uploader](/uploader) to automatically deploy ``.hex`` files to your micro:bit!
![](/static/uploader/tooltip.png)
## Step 5: After transferring the file
* Once you've found the folder containing your `.hex` file, drag and drop it
onto your `MICROBIT` drive
* The LED on the back of your micro:bit flashes during the transfer (which
should only take a few seconds).
* Once transferred, the code will run automatically on your micro:bit. To rerun
your program, press the reset button on the back of your micro:bit. The reset
button automatically runs the newest file on the micro:bit.
In File Explorer, right-click on the hex file (created in Step 2 above), choose **Send to**, and then **MICROBIT**.
![](/static/mb/device/usb-windows-sendto.jpg)
By copying the script onto the `MICROBIT` drive, you have programmed it into the
flash memory on the micro:bit, which means even after you unplug the micro:bit,
your program will still run if the micro:bit is powered by battery.
* By copying the script onto the `MICROBIT` drive, you have programmed it into the
flash memory on the micro:bit, which means even after you unplug the micro:bit,
your program will still run if the micro:bit is powered by battery.
### ~hint