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 Super Mario Paint
 ==========
-* Current Version: 1.4.3 (prerelease)
+* Current Version: 1.4.3
 
 Help would be very much appreciated! If you manage to debug something, submit a pull request and I'll review it and (hopefully) merge it in.
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Accepting cryptocurrency donations!
 Major Releases:
 -----
 See "Version History.txt" for semantic versioning and more release notes.
-* October 17, 2021 - v1.4.3 release with more backend upgrades and Java9+ support
+* October 17-19, 2021 - v1.4.3 release with more backend upgrades and Java9+ support with release automation scripts
 * June 24, 2020 - v1.4.2 release with more backend upgrades
 * June 7, 2020 - v1.4.1 release with some backend upgrades carried over from v1.3.0
 * June 2, 2020 - v1.4.0 release 'Giant Mario Paint', second major functionality upgrade
diff --git a/SMP_Release.bat b/SMP_Release.bat
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+@echo on
+set version=1.4.3
+set t=Super Mario Paint
+title %t% %version% Release Script
+
+
+set src_folder=%cd%
+set dst_folder=%cd%\Versions\SMP%version%
+
+
+if exist dst_folder echo DIR_EXISTS
+else MKDIR dst_folder
+robocopy "%src_folder%\sprites" "%dst_folder%\sprites" /MIR /s /e
+robocopy "%src_folder%\jfx11" "%dst_folder%\jfx11" /MIR /s /e
+
+
+for /f "tokens=*" %%i in (flist.txt) DO (
+    xcopy "%src_folder%\%%i" "%dst_folder%" /Y
+)
+
+xcopy "%src_folder%\SMPv%version%.jar" "%dst_folder%" /Y
+pause
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+KNOWN BUGS.txt
+LICENSE.txt
+MainWindow.fxml
+OptionsWindow.fxml
+README.md
+SMP_J1_8.bat
+SMP_J9.bat
+soundset3.sf2
+mpcv2.sf2
+Version History.txt
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