[Readme] Add find asar step to install guide

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@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ OpenAsar is mostly stable, but still lacks a few minor features and likely has a
## Install Guide
**OpenAsar is not 100% recommened due to it being experimental.**
1. [Download latest nightly release](https://github.com/GooseMod/OpenAsar/releases/download/nightly/app.asar)
2. Backup your original `app.asar` (rename to `app.asar.backup` / etc)
3. Install OpenAsar `app.asar` into the original path (you may need to be root on Linux)
4. Restart Discord via system tray (you should notice Discord start faster as a way to see if it's instantly working)
2. Find your `app.asar`, it should be `<where the Discord exe is>/resources/app.asar`. For Windows this is like: `%localappdata%\Discord\app-1.0.9003\resources\app.asar` (your app folder may have a different version)
3. Backup your original `app.asar` (rename to `app.asar.backup` / etc)
4. Install OpenAsar `app.asar` into the original path (you may need to be root on Linux)
5. Restart Discord via system tray (you should notice Discord start faster as a way to see if it's instantly working)
<!-- **If using Linux it is highly recommended to disable write protection** (needing root to overwrite files) for your Discord install if you have it enabled. It is not much of a security defecit as Windows has no write protection as well. This enables updating the asar and potentially host updating further on. -->
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Additionally there are some environmental variables you can use:
- `OPENASAR_QUICKSTART` (bool, default false) - same as `quickstart` config option
- `OPENASAR_NOSTART` (bool, default false) - if enabled halts starting after splash loads (for splash testing)
- `OPENASAR_NOSTART` (bool, default false) - if enabled halts starting after splash loads (for splash testing)

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