diff --git a/Mage.Client/release/how to start.txt b/Mage.Client/release/how to start.txt
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+use .exe or one of the scripts:
+  startClient.bat - for Windows
+  startClientWin7.bat - for Windows 7
+  startClient.sh - for Linux
+  startClient.command - for MacOS
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diff --git a/Mage.Client/release/startClient.command b/Mage.Client/release/startClient.command
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+cd "`dirname "$0"`"
+
+java -jar ./lib/Mage-Client-0.8.jar -Xms256M -Xmx1024M & 
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diff --git a/Mage.Client/release/startClientWin7.bat b/Mage.Client/release/startClientWin7.bat
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+@ECHO OFF
+IF NOT EXIST "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\" GOTO NOJAVADIR
+set JAVA_HOME="C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\"
+set CLASSPATH=%JAVA_HOME%/bin;%CLASSPATH%
+set PATH=%JAVA_HOME%/bin;%PATH%
+:NOJAVADIR
+start javaw -jar .\lib\Mage-Client-${project.version}.jar -Xms256M -Xmx1024M
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diff --git a/Mage.Server/release/how to start.txt b/Mage.Server/release/how to start.txt
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+use .exe or one of the scripts:
+  startServer.bat - for Windows
+  startServer.sh - for Linux
+  startServer.command - for MacOS
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+cd "`dirname "$0"`"
+
+java -Djava.security.policy=./config/security.policy -Djava.util.logging.config.file=./config/logging.config -Dlog4j.configuration=file:./config/log4j.properties -jar ./lib/Mage-Server-0.8.jar