Install QBCore on Windows with txAdmin

This guide covers host preparation and delegates QBCore dependency selection to the project-maintained recipe .

Create an isolated server directory

Use a dedicated directory and txAdmin profile. Do not place the server inside Downloads, a cloud-synced folder, or an existing production tree.

Install a current FiveM artifact

Download the Windows server artifact from the Cfx.re artifacts service , extract it, and launch FXServer once to open txAdmin.

Prepare the database

Create an empty MySQL or MariaDB database plus an application user limited to that database. Keep the connection string outside source control.

Deploy the QBCore recipe

In txAdmin Recipe Deployer, select QBCore and confirm the source is:


https://github.com/qbcore-framework/txAdminRecipe

Run every task. The recipe imports qbcore.sql; do not import a fictional qb-core/server/database.sql path.

Verify first boot

Connect locally, create a test character, reconnect to verify persistence, and restart the profile. Resolve every missing dependency or SQL error before adding scripts.

Windows checks

Restrict inbound firewall rules to ports actually used by FiveM/txAdmin.
Do not expose the database port publicly.
Run the server under a non-administrator account where practical.
Back up the server directory and database separately.
Keep antivirus exclusions as narrow as possible and document them.

Use the first-boot checklist, then record the Git commits before customization.