# Welcome Screen & Scene Launcher

When you first launch Virtual Control you will be presented with the Welcome Screen and a list of projects that have been previously opened by Virtual Control.

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**Selecting "Open a Project":**

When you select this button the file explorer will appear (fig. B) allowing you to navigate to your .uproject location bring it into Virtual Control\
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Once you are in the desired location select the Unreal icon then press open or just double click and it will open a list of all scenes in your project.

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**Selecting "Auto Discover Projects":**

This works the same as open projects except it scans the selected folder for all Unreal projects and automatically adds them to Virtual Control

#### Selecting a Scene to launch

After selecting a project you will be presented with a list of scenes (maps) in your project and the associated version of Unreal Engine that will be launch.

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