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You can download and unzip in advance, but cannot replace existing files while they are being used, so how you stop MX is in next two sub-sections.
My preference, after download, and unzip into a holding area, is to copy (it would be file transfer if you download on another device) over my existing installation all files except:
*CumulusMX.exe
*CumulusMX.exe.config
while MX is still running. I then stop MX for minimal time needed to replace just those two files before I restart MX. That way I minimise downtime, especially useful for a patch release when few files have changed, as it takes some time to replace all the files in the installation.
For simplicity, in guidance below, MX is stopped before any files are replaced.
==Upgrading if you run MX as a service==
Don't forget to stop the service, before you
For a Linux Operating system: <code>sudo systemctl stop cumulusmx</code>.
For Microsoft Windows Operating System:
==Upgrading if you run MX interactively==
If you do NOT run as a service, you will want to use '''Control and C''' in the terminal (or command) window running MX to make the software close tidily.
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