Preparing the Virtual SD Card
- Download 7-zip Download
- Download Virtual SD Card Maker Download
- Download ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver Download
- Install 7-zip by running the .exe
- Extract the downloaded Virtual SD Card Maker .zip
- Install the ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver
- Navigate to the extracted Virtual SD Card Maker /Windows directory
- Hold the SHIFT key and right click in the white space > Open PowerShell window here...
- Run the following command to create a new blank .raw SD card
# change the size as needed, 32GB (32768M) is the maximum usable size by Dolphin
.\mksdcard 4096M .\sd.raw
Installing Homebrew Applications
- Back in File Explorer, right click the newly created sd.raw > Mount as ImDisk Virtual Disk
- In the ImDisk Virtual Disk dialog, set the drive letter and check the Removable media box > Click OK
- Open the newly mounted drive in File Explorer
- Create a folder called apps
- Copy Wii homebrew applications inside the apps folder, in this example WiiXplorer Download
- Once completed copying homebrew applications, right click the mounted virtual SD drive > Eject
Using Homebrew Applications in Dolphin
- Download the Homebrew Channel Download
- Download the Dolphin emulator Download
- Extract the downloaded Dolphin .7z file
- Inside the extracted Dolphin directory, create a new file named portable.txt
- Launch Dolphin.exe
- Copy/cut the sd.raw created earlier to the extracted Dolphin /User/Wii directory
- Back in Dolphin, select Tools > Perform Online System Update > United States
- After the update completes, select Tools > Install WAD...
- Navigate and select the downloaded Homebrew Channel .wad file
- Select Tools > Load Wii System Menu
- Completed the initial console setup
- The familiar Wii launcher should display with Homebrew Channel installed
- Select Homebrew Channel to see the homebrew apps installed on the virtual SD card