> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://dripart-train-lora-docs.mintlify.site/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Windows Desktop Version > This article introduces how to download, install and use ComfyUI Desktop for Windows export const log_path_0 = "C:\Users\ \AppData\Roaming\ComfyUI\logs" export const config_path_0 = "C:\Users\ \AppData\Roaming\ComfyUI" **ComfyUI Desktop** is a standalone installation version that can be installed like regular software. It supports quick installation and automatic configuration of the **Python environment and dependencies**, and supports one-click import of existing ComfyUI settings, models, workflows, and files. You can quickly migrate from an existing [ComfyUI Portable version](/installation/comfyui_portable_windows) to the Desktop version. ComfyUI Desktop is an open source project, please visit the full code [here](https://github.com/Comfy-Org/desktop) ComfyUI Desktop hardware requirements: * NVIDIA GPU This tutorial will guide you through the software installation process and explain related configuration details. As **ComfyUI Desktop** is still in **Beta** status, the actual installation process may change ## ComfyUI Desktop (Windows) Download Please click the button below to download the installation package for Windows **ComfyUI Desktop**

Download for Windows (NVIDIA)

 ## ComfyUI Desktop Installation Steps Double-click the downloaded installation package file, which will first perform an automatic installation and create a **ComfyUI Desktop** shortcut on the desktop ![ComfyUI logo](https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/dripart-train-lora-docs/images/desktop/win-comfyui-desktop-shortcut.jpg) Double-click the corresponding shortcut to enter ComfyUI initialization settings ### ComfyUI Desktop Initialization Process ![ComfyUI Installation Steps - Start](https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/dripart-train-lora-docs/images/desktop/win-comfyui-desktop-1.jpg) Click **Get Started** to begin initialization There are many reasons you might have issues installing ComfyUI. Maybe a network connection failed when installing pytorch (15 GB). Or you don’t have git installed. The maintenance page automatically opens when it detects an issue and provides a way to resolve the issue. You can use it to resolve most issues: * Create a python virtual environment * Reinstall all missing core dependencies to your Python virtual environment that’s managed by Desktop * Install git, VC redis * Choose a new install location The default maintenance page displays the current error content ![ComfyUI Maintenance Page](https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/dripart-train-lora-docs/images/desktop/maintenance-1.jpg) Clicking `All` allows you to view all the content that can be operated on currently ![ComfyUI Maintenance Page](https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/dripart-train-lora-docs/images/desktop/maintenance-2.jpg) ![ComfyUI Installation Steps - GPU Selection](https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/dripart-train-lora-docs/images/desktop/win-comfyui-desktop-2.jpg) The three options are: 1. **Nvidia GPU (Recommended):** Direct support for pytorch and CUDA 2. **Manual Configuration:** You need to manually install and configure the python runtime environment. Don't select this unless you know how to configure 3. **Enable CPU Mode:** For developers and special cases only. Don't select this unless you're sure you need it Unless there are special circumstances, please select **NVIDIA** as shown and click **Next** to proceed ![ComfyUI Installation Steps - Installation Location](https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/dripart-train-lora-docs/images/desktop/win-comfyui-desktop-3.jpg) In this step, you will select the installation location for the following ComfyUI content: * **Python Environment** * **Models Model Files** * **Custom Nodes Custom Nodes** Recommendations: * Please select a **solid-state drive** as the installation location, which will increase ComfyUI's performance when accessing models. * Please create a separate empty folder as the ComfyUI installation directory * Please ensure that the corresponding disk has at least around **15G** of disk space to ensure the installation of ComfyUI Desktop Not all files are installed in this directory, some files will still be installed on the C drive, and if you need to uninstall in the future, you can refer to the uninstallation section of this guide to complete the full uninstallation of ComfyUI Desktop After completing this step, click **Next** to proceed to the next step ![ComfyUI Installation Steps - File Migration](https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/dripart-train-lora-docs/images/desktop/win-comfyui-desktop-4.jpg) In this step you can migrate your existing ComfyUI installation content to ComfyUI Desktop. As shown, I selected my original **D:\ComfyUI\_windows\_portable\ComfyUI** installation directory. The installer will automatically recognize: * **User Files** * **Models:** Will not be copied, only linked with desktop version * **Custom Nodes:** Nodes will be reinstalled Don't worry, this step won't copy model files. You can check or uncheck options as needed. Click **Next** to continue ![ComfyUI Installation Steps - Desktop Settings](https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/dripart-train-lora-docs/images/desktop/win-comfyui-desktop-5.jpg) These are preference settings: 1. **Automatic Updates:** Whether to set automatic updates when ComfyUI updates are available 2. **Usage Metrics:** If enabled, we will collect **anonymous usage data** to help improve ComfyUI 3. **Mirror Settings:** Since the program needs internet access to download Python and complete environment installation, if you see a red ❌ during installation indicating this may cause installation failure, please follow the steps below ![ComfyUI Installation Steps - Mirror Settings](https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/dripart-train-lora-docs/images/desktop/win-comfyui-desktop-6.jpg) Expand the mirror settings to find the specific failing mirror. In this screenshot the error is **Python Install Mirror** failure. For different mirror errors, you can refer to the following content to try to manually find different mirrors and replace them The following cases mainly apply to users in China. #### Python Installation Mirror If the default mirror is unavailable, please try using the mirror below. ``` https://python-standalone.org/mirror/astral-sh/python-build-standalone ``` If you need to find other alternative GitHub mirror addresses, please look for and construct a mirror address pointing to the releases of the `python-build-standalone` repository. ``` https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone/releases/download ``` Build a link in the following pattern ``` https://xxx/astral-sh/python-build-standalone/releases/download ``` Since most of the Github mirror services are provided by third parties, please pay attention to the security during use. #### PyPI Mirror * Alibaba Cloud: [https://mirrors.aliyun.com/pypi/simple/](https://mirrors.aliyun.com/pypi/simple/) * Tencent Cloud: [https://mirrors.cloud.tencent.com/pypi/simple/](https://mirrors.cloud.tencent.com/pypi/simple/) * University of Science and Technology of China: [https://pypi.mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/simple/](https://pypi.mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/simple/) * Shanghai Jiao Tong University: [https://pypi.sjtu.edu.cn/simple/](https://pypi.sjtu.edu.cn/simple/) #### Torch Mirror * Aliyun: [https://mirrors.aliyun.com/pytorch-wheels/cu121/](https://mirrors.aliyun.com/pytorch-wheels/cu121/) If everything is correct, the installer will complete and automatically enter the ComfyUI Desktop interface, then the installation is successful ![ComfyUI Desktop Interface](https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/dripart-train-lora-docs/images/desktop/comfyui-interface.jpg) ## First Image Generation After successful installation, you can refer to the section below to start your ComfyUI journey\~ This tutorial will guide you through your first model installation and text-to-image generation ## How to Update ComfyUI Desktop Currently, ComfyUI Desktop updates use automatic detection updates, please ensure that automatic updates are enabled in the settings ![ComfyUI Desktop Settings](https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/dripart-train-lora-docs/images/desktop/comfyui-desktop-update-setting.jpg) You can also choose to manually check for available updates in the `Menu` --> `Help` --> `Check for Updates` ![ComfyUI Desktop Check for Updates](https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/dripart-train-lora-docs/images/desktop/desktop_check_for_updates.jpg) ## Adding External Model Paths If you have models stored in other locations on your computer outside the ComfyUI installation directory, you can add them to ComfyUI by configuring the `extra_models_config.yaml` file. For ComfyUI Desktop, this file is located at: * On Windows: `C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\ComfyUI\extra_models_config.yaml` * On macOS: `~/Library/Application Support/ComfyUI/extra_models_config.yaml` * On Linux: `~/.config/ComfyUI/extra_models_config.yaml` For detailed instructions, see [Models documentation](/development/core-concepts/models#adding-external-model-paths) ## How to Uninstall ComfyUI Desktop For **ComfyUI Desktop** you can use the system uninstall function in Windows Settings to complete software uninstallation ![ComfyUI Desktop Uninstallation](https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/dripart-train-lora-docs/images/desktop/win-uninstall-comfyui.jpg) If you want to completely remove all **ComfyUI Desktop** files, you can manually delete these folders: * C:\Users\\AppData\Local\@comfyorgcomfyui-electron-updater * C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Programs\@comfyorgcomfyui-electron * C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\ComfyUI The above operations will not delete your following folders. If you need to delete corresponding files, please delete manually: * models files * custom nodes * input/output directories ## Troubleshooting ### Display unsupported devices ![ComfyUI Installation Steps - Unsupported Device](https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/dripart-train-lora-docs/images/desktop/win-comfyui-desktop-0.jpg) Since ComfyUI Desktop (Windows) only supports **NVIDIA GPUs with CUDA**, you may see this screen if your device is not supported * Please switch to a supported device * Or consider using [ComfyUI Portable](/installation/comfyui_portable_windows) or through [manual installation](/installation/manual_install) to use ComfyUI ### ​Error identification​ If installation fails, you should see the following screen ![ComfyUI Installation Failed](https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/dripart-train-lora-docs/images/desktop/win-comfyui-desktop-7.jpg) It is recommended to take these steps to find the error cause: 1. Click `Show Terminal` to view error output 2. Click `Open Logs` to view installation logs 3. Visit official forum to search for error reports 4. Click `Reinstall` to try reinstalling Before submitting feedback, it's recommended to provide the **error output** and **log files** to tools like **GPT** ![ComfyUI Installation Failed - Error Log](https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/dripart-train-lora-docs/images/desktop/win-comfyui-desktop-8.jpg) ![ComfyUI Installation Failed - GPT Feedback](https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/dripart-train-lora-docs/images/desktop/win-comfyui-desktop-9.jpg) As shown above, ask the GPT for the cause of the corresponding error, or remove ComfyUI completely and retry the installation. ### Feedback Installation Failure If you encounter any errors during installation, please check if there are similar error reports or submit errors to us through: * Github Issues: [https://github.com/Comfy-Org/desktop/issues](https://github.com/Comfy-Org/desktop/issues) * Comfy Official Forum: [https://forum.comfy.org/](https://forum.comfy.org/) When submitting error reports, please ensure you include the following logs and configuration files to help us locate and investigate the issue: 1. Log Files | Filename | Description | Location | | ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | | main.log | Contains logs related to desktop application and server startup from the Electron process | {log_path_0} | | comfyui.log | Contains logs related to ComfyUI normal operation, such as core ComfyUI process terminal output | {log_path_0} | ![ComfyUI Log Files Location](https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/dripart-train-lora-docs/images/desktop/win-comfyui-desktop-10-logs.jpg) 2. Configuration Files | Filename | Description | Location | | ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | | extra\_model\_paths.yaml | Contains additional paths where ComfyUI will search for models and custom nodes | {config_path_0} | | config.json | Contains application configuration. This file should not be edited directly | {config_path_0} | ![ComfyUI Config Files Location](https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/dripart-train-lora-docs/images/desktop/win-comfyui-desktop-11-config.jpg)