MySQL Query Browser :: 3.1 Introduction

3.1. Introduction

The way you start MySQL Query Browser depends on the operating system you are using:

On Windows, start MySQL Query Browser by double-clicking its desktop icon, or by selecting its entry from the Start menu (typically the MySQL Query Browser entry of the MySQL section of the Start menu). Alternatively, you can open a DOS window and start the MySQL Query Browser from the command line:
```
C:\%PROGRAMFILES%\MySQL\MySQL Query Browser 1.1\MySQLQueryBrowser.exe
```
%PROGRAMFILES% is the default directory for programs on your machine. For example, C:\Program Files or C:\programme. If your path contains spaces, you should enclose the command within double quotes. For example:
```
C:\> "C:\program files\MySQL\GUITools\MySQLQueryBrowser.exe" 
```
On Linux desktops, start MySQL Query Browser by changing directories into /opt/mysql-query-browser/bin, and then executing mysql-query-browser.