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Osmosis windows installation is quite straightforward and similar in many ways to
Osmosis/Installation on other operating systems.
You need Java (specifically Java Runtime Environment) to be able to run osmosis. If you
don't have it (check here

if you're not sure), you can download JRE from

java.com/en/download . After the download completes, double-click the downloaded

installer and follow the instructions.
Download the latest osmosis runtime zip file from
http://bretth.dev.openstreetmap.org/osmosis-build/osmosis-latest.zip
(DOWNLOAD) . You'll need to put it where you can unzip/edit it (eg your desktop)
Unzip the downloaded file. You don't need the outer directory (osmosis-latest), and you may
find it simpler to remove the version number from the next-level directory. Put the directory
somewhere appropriate (eg C:\Program Files (x86)\)
Create a text file with a .BAT extension (probably somewhere in your user space) containing
something like:

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"C:\Program Files (x86)\osmosis\bin\osmosis.bat"

(the quotes are necessary because there are spaces in the directory name; the .bat isn't
required, it's just there for clarity)
You can run this by double-clicking on the file, but you may well find that the window closes
before you can see what's happened. In which case, create a shortcut to the file, open its
Properties, and on the Shortcut tab insert cmd /k at the beginning of the Target. This runs it
in a window that stays open.
The output should look very similar to this:

Apr 23, 2012 3:20:31 PM

org.openstreetmap.osmosis.core.Osmosis run
INFO: Osmosis Version 0.40.1
Apr 23, 2012 3:20:31 PM
org.openstreetmap.osmosis.core.Osmosis run
INFO: Preparing pipeline.
Apr 23, 2012 3:20:31 PM
org.openstreetmap.osmosis.core.Osmosis run
INFO: Launching pipeline execution.
Apr 23, 2012 3:20:31 PM

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org.openstreetmap.osmosis.core.Osmosis run
INFO: Pipeline executing, waiting for completion.
Apr 23, 2012 3:20:31 PM
org.openstreetmap.osmosis.core.Osmosis run
INFO: Pipeline complete.
Apr 23, 2012 3:20:31 PM
org.openstreetmap.osmosis.core.Osmosis run
INFO: Total execution time: 387 milliseconds.
You're set. Osmosis works. Head on over to Osmosis#Example_Usage for some basic
usage examples. The full reference documentation is here.

Troubleshooting
Osmosis may well need to be told where to find java.
Find the java application (exe file) - it's probably in C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\.
Edit C:\Program Files (x86)\osmosis\bin\osmosis.bat
Find the line about 3/4 of the way down that sets JAVACMD and change it to:

IF "%JAVACMD%"=="" set JAVACMD="C:\Program Files

(x86)\Java\jre7\bin\java"
You may also have to change the line near the end that sets EXEC and put double
quotes before and after%JAVACMD%

Help
Not working? Search for a solution to your problem . You can also Contact the community
in various ways to ask for help. If you choose to ask a new question on
http://help.openstreetmap.org

be sure to search first, and be sure to mention that you are

using Osmosis on Windows.

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