= Tutorials: First steps =
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== Running Brainstorm for the first time ==
 1. Start Matlab, go to brainstorm3 directory, and type "brainstorm3" in Matlab command window.
 1. Domewhere else, create an empty folder to store your Brainstorm database (for instance "''brainstorm_database''", or "''brainstorm_protocols''").
 1. Do '''not '''create this folder in the '''brainstorm3 program folder'''
 1. This directory will be managed completely automatically by Brainstorm
 1. '''Never put your original data files''' in this directory: it could prevent Brainstorm to manage it efficiently
 1. All the data in Brainstorm database need to be imported via the GUI