diff --git a/tools/create-release.bat b/tools/create-release.bat
index 73e20693c..842574d45 100644
--- a/tools/create-release.bat
+++ b/tools/create-release.bat
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ set VERSION=9.5.1
 @REM set BRANCH=Release-%VERSION%
 @REM git branch %BRANCH%
 @REM git checkout %BRANCH%
+
+
+@REM run python prepare-release-files.py
+python prepare-release-files.py
+
 cd ..
 mkdir dist
 set FOLDER=dist\kratos-%VERSION%
diff --git a/tools/prepare-release-files.py b/tools/prepare-release-files.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fed9e1104
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/prepare-release-files.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# read the file kratos_default.spd, and parse it as xml
+# then extract the version number 
+
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+import sys
+
+def get_version_number(file_name):
+    tree = ET.parse(file_name)
+    root = tree.getroot()
+    version = root.find('version').text
+    return version
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    
+    file_name = "../kratos.gid/kratos_default.spd"
+    version = get_version_number(file_name)
+    print(version)
+
+    # Get all the applications whose tag is appLink
+    tree = ET.parse(file_name)
+    root = tree.getroot()
+    applications = root.findall('.//appLink')
+    # create a list of applications, reading the field 'n'
+
+    app_list = []
+    for app in applications:
+        app_list.append(app.attrib['n'])
+
+    print(app_list)
+    # if there is a folder in the folder apps whose name is not in the list, delete it
+
+    folder_name = "../kratos.gid/apps"
+    import os
+    for folder in os.listdir(folder_name):
+        if folder not in app_list:
+            print("Deleting folder: ", folder)
+            import shutil
+            shutil.rmtree(folder_name + "/" + folder)
+
+    # Ready
+    print("Ready to release version: ", version)
+
+    
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