I wrote the following instructions up to help some friends, if you want to try them, I hope they help you. If you try them and find something that is wrong or needs to be worded differently, please send me an email or call me. I do not guarantee these instructions nor will I take responsibility if something messes up while going thru them. I do hope you have as much success with them as my friends did.
Basic installation preparations |
| Note 1. The instruction to "Click AnyMenuWord > AnyMenuSubheading" MEANS: Click the word in the menu (you know, FILE-EDIT-HELP etc) and then click the subheading (like PRINT or FIND). |
| Note 2. SELECT, CHOOSE, CLICK all mean the same thing. |
| Note 3. As a GENERAL RULE (which means "not always") Words and Buttons only need a single-click, icons/pictures need double-clicked. |
| Note 4. This set of changes may or may not need to be done, and may or may not be your preference, but I have found them to eliminate many users problems at some point or another (not to mention they help follow some of my instructions). |
| a. Open your Windows Explorer (Start > Programs > Windows Explorer) |
| b. Select VIEW from the menu bar Make sure there is a checkmark beside TOOLBAR, click on the word if no checkmark, click in title bar so the drop-down goes away if it is already checked. |
| c. Select VIEW > OPTIONS from the menu bar Click the VIEW tab In Hidden Files box: be sure "Show all files" has the dot. |
| d. Under Hidden Files box, be sure there is a check in the box: "Display the Full MS-DOS path in the title bar. |
| e. Under Hidden Files box, be sure there is a check in the box: "Include description bar for right and left panes". |
| f. Click the OK button |
| g. Open your "My Computer" (Double click the Icon on your desktop) |
| h. Select VIEW from the menu bar Make sure there is a checkmark beside TOOLBAR, click on the word if no checkmark, click in title bar so the dropdown goes away if it is already checked. |
| i. Select VIEW > OPTIONS from the menu bar Click the VIEW tab. In Hidden Files box: be sure "Show all files" has the dot. |
| j. Under Hidden Files box, be sure there is a check in the box: "Display the Full MS-DOS path in the title bar. |
| k. Click the OK button |
| 1. | Create a temporary folder: |
| - | Double-click on My Computer |
| - | Double-click on the C drive icon |
| - | Right-click in the white space and |
| - | Choose New: Folder from the pop-up menu |
| - | Type in the name of the folder - Temp |
| - | Close all windows |
| 2. | Copy the WINZIP95.EXE file from the floppy drive to the Temp folder you just created. |
| - | Double-click on My Computer |
| - | Double-click on the A drive icon |
| - | Right-click on the .zip file |
| - | Choose Copy from the pop-up menu |
| - | Double-click on the `C' icon |
| - | Double-click on the Temp folder |
| - | Right-click in the white space and |
| - | Choose Paste from the pop-up menu |
| - | Close all windows and programs (Look in the TaskBar at the bottom of your screen for names of programs or windows that are still open and hidden behind other things or "iconed"/"minimized". |
| * | In Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0: Select Start > Run from the Taskbar, type the full name of the file (for example, C:\TEMP\WINZIP95.EXE), press the Enter key, and follow the prompts. |
| 1. | To delete any files that are left over in your temp directory: |
| - | Double-click on My Computer |
| - | Double-click on the C drive icon |
| - | Double-click on the Temp Directory icon |
| - | If there are files, continue, if no files, go to #2 |
| - | Select EDIT > SELECT ALL from the menu bar |
| - | Select FILE > DELETE from the menu |
| - | Answer "Yes to All" if asked any questions |
| - | Close all windows and programs, check Taskbar to be sure. |
| 2. | Copy the .zip or .exe file from the floppy drive to the Temp folder you just created or cleaned. |
| - | Insert disk in floppy drive. |
| - | Double-click on My Computer |
| - | Double-click on the A drive icon |
| - | Right-click on the .zip or .exe file |
| - | Choose Copy from the pop-up menu |
| - | Double-click on the `C' icon in the original "My Computer window (may have to move the `A' Window to see) |
| - | Double-click on the Temp folder |
| - | Right-click in the white space and |
| - | Choose Paste from the pop-up menu |
| - | Close all EXCEPT the window with the Temp folder in it. |
| - | (Check your Taskbar to find any hidden open windows) |
| 3. | De-compress the file. |
| - | Open the Temp folder if it's not already open. |
| - | Double-click the .zip or .exe file |
| - | This will create several files in the folder (if it is self-extracting.) If so, Skip to #5. |
| - | Or it will bring up WinZip. If so, Go to #4. |
| - | Or if it is a self-extracting self-installing, it will go immediately to the install screen all by itself, follow the instructions on screen. |
| 4. | De-compress the file using WinZip |
| - | Click "I Agree" to open Winzip, and then the Extract button. |
| - | Type C:\Temp in the "Extract to" window (if it's not already there). |
| - | Click the extract button |
| - | Now you have files. |
| - | Close WinZip Go to #5. |
| 5. | Install the Program: |
| - | Find a readme, or install.txt, or manual.doc, vendor.* or any similar .txt or .doc file |
| - | If you find one, double-click to open, see if it says how it wants to be installed. |
| - | Keep checking them until you determine either a. there are none of these files, or b. none of them tell you anything |
| - | Follow the instructions if you find any, Or if no such file Go to #6 |
| 6. | If no file has install instructions, one of the following should work: |
| - | a. Find a file ending with ".inf" Right-click it and Choose Install OR |
| - | b. Find a file with setup or install in its name. Double click it to install. |
| - | c. If none of these exist: Make a new folder for the program and move all files to it and double-click the .exe file |
| 7. | Follow install screen instructions. |
| 8. | Restart Windows if required. |