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title: "Manual Test Recorder Local Installation"
slug: "how-to-install-the-recorder-player-locally"
updated: 2025-02-13T13:52:25Z
published: 2025-02-13T13:52:25Z
canonical: "success.panaya.com/how-to-install-the-recorder-player-locally"
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# Manual Test Recorder Local Installation

Although **Panaya always recommends using our** **[Online Recorder & Player](/v1/docs/how-to-install-the-panaya-recorder-and-player)**, certain circumstances may require its Local Installation version. Click here to learn how to install the [Online Recorder & Player](/v1/docs/how-to-install-the-panaya-recorder-and-player).

**Why should you use a local Installation of the Panaya Recorder & Player?**

- Your organization does not allow users to download the Panaya Online Recorder & Player
- You are using the Google Chrome browser
- [*.panaya.com was added to your whitelist/exceptions page](/v1/docs/please-contact-the-application-vendor-for-assistance-error-message), but security settings are preventing the Online Recorder & Player from working properly
- Your Citrix/VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) environment is preventing the Online Recorder & Player from working properly
- Your Citrix/VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) environment is being used by multiple Panaya users, requiring you to clear the Click-Once Cache folder              repeatedly

**What are the downsides of using a local Installation of the Panaya Recorder & Player?**

- The tool will not be automatically updated

**How to install the Panaya Recorder & Player locally?** If you wish to use a Local Installation, please follow the steps in this article - [Working with the Local Installation of the Panaya Recorder & Player](/v1/docs/working-with-the-local-installation-of-the-panaya-recorder-player).

1. First,  enable your user to use the Local Installation tool, per the steps in [this article.](/v1/docs/how-to-set-the-panaya-online-recorder-player-to-local-installation)
2. Once the Local Installation tool feature is enabled, you will be able to download it under **Settings** > **Configuration**
3. Select **Installer** for the **Test Player**  
**![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1639736234043.png)**
4. The **PanayaTestPlayerSetup.msi** installation file will be downloaded locally
5. Run the **PanayaTestPlayerSetup.msi** file and follow the installation wizard.

**Note**

- The MSI file can be deployed to all users by your IT administrator
- Once deployed, the tool will not be automatically updated for all users. We recommend downloading and deploying the newest version once a month.
- The PanayaTestPlayerSetup.msi package is a signed application that utilizes Sha-256 signature. The installation does not require administrator rights.
- Panaya must be [added to trusted sites](/v1/docs/how-to-add-panaya-to-your-trusted-sites). Add *.panaya.com to the trusted sites in IE of the Citrix/VDI machine
- To set up the Panaya Recorder or Playe**r** to work with Google Chrome/Edge, the [installation of Panaya Recorder for Web Applications extension is required](/v1/docs/setting-up-google-chrome-to-work-with-the-panaya-recorder-player). The installation  
directory of the PanayaWebRecorderChromeInstallation.exe is under the logged in user's **AppData/Roaming** folder. Installing it in other locations is not currently supported.

**Any issues?**

- Installation Error / No admin rights? **Contact your IT Administrator** for assistance
- For other issues, please provide the error logs located under - <username>\AppData\Local\Temp when [contacting **Panaya Support**](mailto:support@panaya.com?subject=Panaya%20Offline%20Testing%20Tool%20Installation&amp;body=Please%20provide%20the%20error%20logs%20located%20under%20-%C2%A0%3Cusername%3E%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%20)
- For issues when executing test activities - **[read this article](/v1/docs/working-with-the-local-installation-of-the-panaya-recorder-player)**