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# Installation - Studio

Please follow this guide if you are installing Groomer's Tool in a custom folder.

## 1. **Download File**

* Depends on where you got the subscription from, after receiving a receipt for your subscription, please visit
  * [**Gumroad's content page**](https://app.gumroad.com/library), or
  * [**No Brain Tools's Download page**](https://nobraintools.wixsite.com/nobraintools/file-share)
* Download base on the Maya version you want to run with. Current supported versions are 2022 (Py3), 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 on Windows/Linux x86\_64

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## **2. Unpack/Install**

* Extract/Copy the `xgtc` folder to a folder of your choice. Recommand to put it in a central folder where all artists in your studio have read access to.
* Example folder structure (for multiple project running different systems): 
  * D:\Studio\share\windows\xgtc
* For another project, you can then install the xgtc in another folder like this:
  * D:\Studio\share\linux\xgtc

{% hint style="warning" %}
When installing a new version of Maya, a duplicate `xgtc` folder may be created. This can interfere with the installation of Groomer's Tool. Before proceeding with the installation, ensure there are no `xgtc` folders in any Maya default directories (such as the `pref` or `scripts` folder).
{% endhint %}

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## **3. Maya Run Command**

* In Maya, open the Script Editor. In a Python Tab run the following code.

```python
import runpy
installer = 'D:/Studio/share/windows/xgtc/Maya_DragDrop_Installer.py'
# change to the central folder path you put xgtc folder in.
runpy.run_path(installer)['run']()
```

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## **4. License Activation**

* When you run Groomer’s Tool for the first time, you will get a Licensing Window.
* Please go to your receipt email, or the content page to get the License Key.

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<mark style="color:$success;">A)</mark> <mark style="color:$success;"></mark><mark style="color:$success;">**Gumroad License**</mark>

If you got your license from Gumroad, go back to your Gumroad's Library to retrieve the license key. Alternatively, it's also in the subscription Email sent when you purchased the subscription.

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<mark style="color:$success;">B)</mark> <mark style="color:$success;"></mark><mark style="color:$success;">**No Brain Tools License**</mark>

If you got your license from **[www.nobraintools.com](http://www.nobraintools.com)**, log in and go to My License/Order Info page to retrieve the license key. Alternatively, it's also in the subscription Email sent when you purchased the subscription.

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* When it’s successfully validated, the Groomer’s Tool kit will pop up right after.

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## **5. Let Artists Connect**

After successfully activated in Maya, a `license.json` file will be created in the `xgtc` folder. Share the following code to your artists and ask them to run from a Maya Python tab. You do not need to share the files.&#x20;

```python
import runpy
installer = 'D:/Studio/share/windows/xgtc/Maya_DragDrop_Installer.py'
# change to the central folder path you put xgtc folder in.
runpy.run_path(installer)['run']()
```

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## **6. Rechecks (Important)**

To allow offline usages for studios with stricter environments, in order to continue using Groomer's Tool throughout your subscription periods, the license need to be re-checked periodically online.&#x20;

If your studio allows artists to go online and connect to an external server (within Maya), and artists all have read/write ability to the `xgtc/license.json` file, then you are good. No further steps required.

Otherwise, if you’re keeping the plugin in a centralized folder, and wants to avoid tampering of files, you will then need to use the  `XGT Refresher` bundle. ***This bundle is only avaliable in Studio License Tier 1 and Tier 2***, and it allows activation, re-validation, and re-checks to be done directly from the XGT Refresher UI, a terminal, or with an automatic schedule task such as cron-job.

Visit for more info: [XGT Refresher](/maya-groomers-tool/getting-started/installation-studio/xgt-refresher.md)

If you have any issues or need help with the installation, please contact me at <info@nobraintools.com>

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