FHSWIN - Installation
This page provides basic steps for Installing the latest Windows version of the "Family History System" software and starting a "working session".To INSTALL the software, do the following:
The next topic in this section goes into some terminology that may be unfamiliar but will be used frequently in the remainder of this introduction.
DOWNLOAD the "FHSW32PK.zip" Installation Package from the FHSWIN Download Page EXTRACT the "FHSWIN_Install_Files" folder from the zip file SETUP run the "setup.exe" program in the extracted folder. This will install the software in an "FHSW2018" program folder of the "Program Files" folder or the "Program Files (x86)" folder of the C drive of your personal computer Install Updates if there is an Update Package on the Download Page that is more recent than the Installation Package, download the update package, extract the folder from the zip file and copy the updated files in that folder into the FHSW2018 program folder; Optional Download the "FHSWIN-Help.zip" file from the FHSWIN Download page, extract the FHSWIN-Help folder from the zip file and copy it into the FHSW2018 program folder. START an FHSWIN working session by clicking on the Windows "Start" button and selecting "FHSW2018" from the listed programs
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