Reinstall BetterDiscord seconds after Discord uninstalls it against your will. Avoid using the time consuming installer with this trick.

1_QuickReinstallBetterDiscord.md

How to make BetterDiscord easier to install repeatedly:

1. Download and install these two CLI tools:

   • https://git-scm.com/downloads
   • https://nodejs.org/en/download

2. Create a permanent folder on your file explorer named something like BetterDiscordReinstall.

3. Depending on your Discord client, place the two batch programs in the folder:

   Stable Discord:

   • StableDiscord_FullyReinstallBetterDiscord.bat
   • StableDiscord_QuickReinstallBetterDiscord.bat

   Discord Public Test Build:

   • DiscordPTB_FullyReinstallBetterDiscord.bat
   • DiscordPTB_QuickReinstallBetterDiscord.bat

   Discord Canary:

   • DiscordCanary_FullyReinstallBetterDiscord.bat
   • DiscordCanary_QuickReinstallBetterDiscord.bat

4. For the initial setup, run the FullyReinstallBetterDiscord.bat batch program and a BetterDiscord folder will be created within the folder.

5. If BetterDiscord ever uninstalls itself, run the QuickReinstallBetterDiscord.bat batch program and it will bring BetterDiscord back within a literal second.

6. Ideally, right click the folder you created and pin it to the quick access bar so you can quicky reinstall BetterDiscord if it is uninstalled by Discord:
   

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Note:
If QuickReinstallBetterDiscord.bat ever stops working, just rerun the FullyReinstallBetterDiscord.bat batch program to hopefully fix it. If this doesn't work either, Discord may have broken BetterDiscord and you will need to wait for BetterDiscord to release a patch/update addressing it.

<sub>Thank you for using my guide, I hope it helps greatly. Now you no longer have use the installer over and over again, which is time consuming.
- Knew</sub>

DiscordCanary_FullyReinstallBetterDiscord.bat

set START_MENU_PATH=%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Discord Inc\Discord Canary.lnk

taskkill /F /IM DiscordCanary.exe

if exist "%START_MENU_PATH%" (
	git clone https://github.com/BetterDiscord/BetterDiscord.git
    cd betterdiscord
	npm install -g pnpm
	pnpm install
	pnpm build
    pnpm inject canary
    start "" "%START_MENU_PATH%"
)

DiscordCanary_QuickReinstallBetterDiscord.bat

set START_MENU_PATH=%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Discord Inc\Discord Canary.lnk

taskkill /F /IM DiscordCanary.exe

if exist "%START_MENU_PATH%" (
    cd betterdiscord
    pnpm inject canary
    start "" "%START_MENU_PATH%"
)

DiscordPTB_FullyReinstallBetterDiscord.bat

set START_MENU_PATH=%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Discord Inc\Discord PTB.lnk

taskkill /F /IM DiscordPTB.exe

if exist "%START_MENU_PATH%" (
	git clone https://github.com/BetterDiscord/BetterDiscord.git
    cd betterdiscord
	npm install -g pnpm
	pnpm install
	pnpm build
	pnpm inject ptb
    start "" "%START_MENU_PATH%"
)

DiscordPTB_QuickReinstallBetterDiscord.bat

set START_MENU_PATH=%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Discord Inc\Discord PTB.lnk

taskkill /F /IM DiscordPTB.exe

if exist "%START_MENU_PATH%" (
    cd betterdiscord
	pnpm inject ptb
    start "" "%START_MENU_PATH%"
)

StableDiscord_FullyReinstallBetterDiscord.bat

set START_MENU_PATH=%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Discord Inc\Discord.lnk

taskkill /F /IM Discord.exe

if exist "%START_MENU_PATH%" (
	git clone https://github.com/BetterDiscord/BetterDiscord.git
    cd betterdiscord
	npm install -g pnpm
	pnpm install
	pnpm build
    pnpm inject
    start "" "%START_MENU_PATH%"
)

StableDiscord_QuickReinstallBetterDiscord.bat

set START_MENU_PATH=%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Discord Inc\Discord.lnk

taskkill /F /IM Discord.exe

if exist "%START_MENU_PATH%" (
    cd betterdiscord
    pnpm inject
    start "" "%START_MENU_PATH%"
)

Yeah idk why, but every time I use this, the plugin ChannelTabs stops working and I'm forced to use the regular BD installer anyway.

possibly related to your windows setup, I have tested those edits on multiple people's computers and it does work. If you are not using Stable then you will face errors, but if you are using Stable then there is something else happening on your end.

It seems that this script (also the last one) wants to install from the developing branch but instead it should download from the main branch and a way to update the betterdiscord folder would be needed

Wouldn't it be much faster to replace the files in the client's resources instead of installing betterdiscord entirely?