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title: "ES-DE Setup Guide — EmulationStation Desktop Edition for Windows and Linux 2026"
canonical_url: https://emudesk.com/issues/es-de-emulationstation-desktop-edition-setup-windows-linux
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source_locale: en
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published_at: 2026-08-31T18:22:23.000Z
updated_at: 2026-09-01T00:45:02.354Z
freshness_status: fresh
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# ES-DE Setup Guide — EmulationStation Desktop Edition for Windows and Linux 2026

I want to use ES-DE (EmulationStation Desktop Edition) as a free frontend to organize all my emulators on Windows or Linux. How do I install it, point it at my ROM folders, and get it working with multiple emulators?