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:
DOWNLOADthe "FHSW32PK.zip" Installation Package from the FHSWIN Download Page
EXTRACTthe "FHSWIN_Install_Files" folder from the zip file
SETUPrun 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 Updatesif 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;
OptionalDownload 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.
STARTan FHSWIN working session by clicking on the Windows "Start" button and selecting "FHSW2018" from the listed programs
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.


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