diff --git a/htroot/yacyinstaller1.940.3.iss b/htroot/yacyinstaller1.940.3.iss
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+; Script generated by the Inno Setup Script Wizard.
+; SEE THE DOCUMENTATION FOR DETAILS ON CREATING INNO SETUP SCRIPT FILES!
+
+#define MyAppName "YaCy"
+#define MyAppVersion "1.940.3"
+#define MyAppPublisher "Smokingwheels"
+#define MyAppURL "https://yacy.net"
+#define MyAppExeName "startYACYWin.exe"
+
+[Setup]
+; NOTE: The value of AppId uniquely identifies this application. Do not use the same AppId value in installers for other applications.
+; (To generate a new GUID, click Tools | Generate GUID inside the IDE.)
+AppId={{E1C1CEA0-F13F-48DC-A553-929A881E78B0}
+AppName={#MyAppName}
+AppVersion={#MyAppVersion}
+;AppVerName={#MyAppName} {#MyAppVersion}
+AppPublisher={#MyAppPublisher}
+AppPublisherURL={#MyAppURL}
+AppSupportURL={#MyAppURL}
+AppUpdatesURL={#MyAppURL}
+DefaultDirName={autopf}\{#MyAppName}
+; "ArchitecturesAllowed=x64compatible" specifies that Setup cannot run
+; on anything but x64 and Windows 11 on Arm.
+ArchitecturesAllowed=x64compatible
+; "ArchitecturesInstallIn64BitMode=x64compatible" requests that the
+; install be done in "64-bit mode" on x64 or Windows 11 on Arm,
+; meaning it should use the native 64-bit Program Files directory and
+; the 64-bit view of the registry.
+ArchitecturesInstallIn64BitMode=x64compatible
+DisableProgramGroupPage=yes
+; Uncomment the following line to run in non administrative install mode (install for current user only.)
+;PrivilegesRequired=lowest
+OutputDir=C:\YaCyWin
+OutputBaseFilename=YaCySetup_1.940.3
+SetupIconFile=C:\Users\Holden\Documents\GitHub\yacy_1.940\htroot\favicon.ico
+Compression=lzma
+SolidCompression=yes
+WizardStyle=modern
+
+[Languages]
+Name: "english"; MessagesFile: "compiler:Default.isl"
+
+[Tasks]
+Name: "desktopicon"; Description: "{cm:CreateDesktopIcon}"; GroupDescription: "{cm:AdditionalIcons}"; Flags: unchecked
+
+[Files]
+Source: "C:\Users\Holden\Documents\GitHub\yacy_1.940\{#MyAppExeName}"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion
+; NOTE: Don't use "Flags: ignoreversion" on any shared system files
+
+[Icons]
+Name: "{autoprograms}\{#MyAppName}"; Filename: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName}"
+Name: "{autodesktop}\{#MyAppName}"; Filename: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName}"; Tasks: desktopicon
+
+[Run]
+Filename: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName}"; Description: "{cm:LaunchProgram,{#StringChange(MyAppName, '&', '&&')}}"; Flags: nowait postinstall skipifsilent
+
diff --git a/startYACYWin.bas b/startYACYWin.bas
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+Print "Welcome to Yacy Search Engine"
+Print "Starting YaCy"
+Shell "startYACY_1.940.bat"
+_Delay 10
+System
+
diff --git a/startYACYWin.exe b/startYACYWin.exe
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index 000000000..459f65fbd
Binary files /dev/null and b/startYACYWin.exe differ
diff --git a/startYACY_1.940.bat b/startYACY_1.940.bat
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+@Echo Off
+title YaCy
+
+REM setting startup type for proper restart
+if not exist DATA md DATA
+echo . >DATA\yacy.noconsole
+
+Rem Setting the classpath
+Set CLASSPATH=lib\yacycore.jar
+
+REM Please change the "javastart" settings in the web-interface "Basic Configuration" -> "Advanced" 
+set jmx=
+set jms=
+set javacmd=-Xmx600m
+set priolvl=10
+set priority=/BELOWNORMAL
+if exist DATA\SETTINGS\httpProxy.conf GoTo :RENAMEINDEX
+if exist DATA\SETTINGS\yacy.conf GoTo :GETSTARTOPTS
+
+:STARTJAVA
+set javacmd=%javacmd% -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dsolr.directoryFactory=solr.MMapDirectoryFactory -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+
+Rem Starting YaCy
+Echo Generated classpath:%CLASSPATH%
+Echo JRE Parameters:%javacmd%
+Echo Priority:%priority%
+Echo ***************************************************************************
+Echo.
+Echo If you see a message like "java" not found, you probably have to install Java.
+Echo.
+Echo You can download Java at http://java.com/
+Echo.
+Echo ***************************************************************************
+Rem commandline parameter added for -config option, like -config "port=8090" "adminAccount=admin:password" 
+Rem special parameter "adminAccount=admin:password" calculates and sets new admin-pwd
+Rem any parameter in yacy.conf can me modified this way (make sure to use correct upper/lower case)
+
+start %priority% javaw %javacmd% -classpath %CLASSPATH% net.yacy.yacy %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
+
+Echo You can close the console safely now.
+
+GoTo :END
+
+Rem PUBLIC is now freeworld (r4575)
+:RENAMEINDEX
+for /F "tokens=1,2 delims==" %%i in (DATA\SETTINGS\httpProxy.conf) do (
+    if "%%i"=="network.unit.name" set networkname=%%j
+)
+if not defined networkname set networkname=PUBLIC
+cd DATA\INDEX
+ren PUBLIC %networkname%
+cd ..
+cd ..
+
+Rem This target is used to read java runtime parameters out of the yacy config file
+:GETSTARTOPTS
+for /F "tokens=1,2 delims==" %%i in (DATA\SETTINGS\yacy.conf) do (
+	if "%%i"=="javastart_Xmx" set jmx=%%j
+	if "%%i"=="javastart_priority" set priolvl=%%j
+)
+if defined jmx set javacmd=-%jmx%
+if defined jms set javacmd=-%jms% %javacmd%
+if defined priolvl (
+	if %priolvl% == 20 set priority=/LOW
+	if %priolvl% == 10 set priority=/BELOWNORMAL
+)
+
+GoTo :STARTJAVA
+
+Rem Target needed to jump to the end of the file
+:END
diff --git a/yacysetupwin.iss b/yacysetupwin.iss
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+; Script generated by the Inno Setup Script Wizard.
+; SEE THE DOCUMENTATION FOR DETAILS ON CREATING INNO SETUP SCRIPT FILES!
+
+#define MyAppName "YaCy"
+#define MyAppVersion "1.940.3"
+#define MyAppPublisher "Smokingwheels"
+#define MyAppURL "https://yacy.net"
+#define MyAppExeName "startYACYWin.exe"
+
+[Setup]
+; NOTE: The value of AppId uniquely identifies this application. Do not use the same AppId value in installers for other applications.
+; (To generate a new GUID, click Tools | Generate GUID inside the IDE.)
+AppId={{3553C7DC-A2BA-4122-8B8B-79FDEFC64C88}
+AppName={#MyAppName}
+AppVersion={#MyAppVersion}
+;AppVerName={#MyAppName} {#MyAppVersion}
+AppPublisher={#MyAppPublisher}
+AppPublisherURL={#MyAppURL}
+AppSupportURL={#MyAppURL}
+AppUpdatesURL={#MyAppURL}
+DefaultDirName={autopf}\{#MyAppName}
+; "ArchitecturesAllowed=x64compatible" specifies that Setup cannot run
+; on anything but x64 and Windows 11 on Arm.
+ArchitecturesAllowed=x64compatible
+; "ArchitecturesInstallIn64BitMode=x64compatible" requests that the
+; install be done in "64-bit mode" on x64 or Windows 11 on Arm,
+; meaning it should use the native 64-bit Program Files directory and
+; the 64-bit view of the registry.
+ArchitecturesInstallIn64BitMode=x64compatible
+DisableProgramGroupPage=yes
+; Remove the following line to run in administrative install mode (install for all users.)
+PrivilegesRequired=lowest
+OutputDir=C:\YaCyWin
+OutputBaseFilename=YaCy_1.940.3
+SetupIconFile=C:\Users\Holden\Documents\GitHub\yacy_1.940\htroot\favicon.ico
+Compression=lzma
+SolidCompression=yes
+WizardStyle=modern
+
+[Languages]
+Name: "english"; MessagesFile: "compiler:Default.isl"
+
+[Tasks]
+Name: "desktopicon"; Description: "{cm:CreateDesktopIcon}"; GroupDescription: "{cm:AdditionalIcons}"; Flags: unchecked
+
+[Files]
+Source: "C:\Users\Holden\Documents\GitHub\yacy_1.940\{#MyAppExeName}"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion
+Source: "C:\Users\Holden\Documents\GitHub\yacy_1.940\*"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion recursesubdirs createallsubdirs
+; NOTE: Don't use "Flags: ignoreversion" on any shared system files
+
+[Icons]
+Name: "{autoprograms}\{#MyAppName}"; Filename: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName}"
+Name: "{autodesktop}\{#MyAppName}"; Filename: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName}"; Tasks: desktopicon
+
+[Run]
+Filename: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName}"; Description: "{cm:LaunchProgram,{#StringChange(MyAppName, '&', '&&')}}"; Flags: nowait postinstall skipifsilent
+