Utility Programs Technical Information and Installation

System Requirements

Registry Plus programs are written for the Microsoft^® Windows^® 32-bit environment installed on an Intel^® Pentium^® or Pentium-compatible computer. The minimum hardware requirements are the same as those of the Microsoft Windows operating system used. Additional system requirements include:

• Microsoft operating system from Windows 98 through Windows XP
• 128 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
• Latest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer (recommended)
• 2 MB of free hard disk space

Installing and Upgrading Utility Programs

Before you install or upgrade Utility Programs, please read the following information.

• This version of Utility Programs was designed to upgrade older application versions automatically while preserving configuration settings.



• If someone else is responsible for maintenance of your computer, you may not be able to install software. In this case, consult the maintainer of your computer for assistance. If you are installing the Utility Programs on Windows 2000 or Windows XP, you must be logged on as the administrator.



• If you are upgrading or reinstalling an existing version of the Utility Programs, uninstall the existing Utility Programs.
  
  From the Windows Control Panel, choose Add/Remove Programs.
  Select Registry Plus Utility Programs.
  Click the Change/Remove button.
  Click Next; then Remove; then Next in succession on the resulting dialog boxes, and respond to any further prompts that appear.
  If you receive a message during the uninstall process about deleting shared files, choose not to delete any shared files.



• The files and folder structure are preserved after you uninstall the previous version of the Utility Programs. Install this version in the same folder as your previous version of the Utility Programs to ensure the database and configuration settings are upgraded properly.



• To ensure the new version of the Utility Programs is installed in the same folder as the previous version, open Windows Explorer and locate the folder in which the Utility Programs are currently installed.



• If you are installing the Utility Programs for the first time, you may install them on the drive and folder of your choosing; however, you cannot install them in a subfolder. The Utility Programs must be installed in a root folder from the drive of your choosing.

Installation
The Utility Programs are packaged in individual DLLs delivered in ZIP files, which include documentation and supplementary files useful for programming and linking the programs to existing systems.

1. Download Utility Programs to your computer.



2. Open the downloaded file to access the software and its documentation.



3. When installed, click the Windows Start button and select Programs; then Registry Plus; then Utility Programs.

Note: When first installed, the Utility Programs include test data files and configuration files for demonstration purposes. To run the demonstrations, select Open Configuration File from the File menu.