Installation guide

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New Folder Structure
Some editing application folders have moved to a new location that is now shared and
visible to the user on installation. These folders are created at installation time and are given
special permissions to work for all users.
The following folders are created on your Windows XP system in the following location:
C:/Documents and Settings/AllUsers/Shared Documents/<AvidProductName>
• Avid Attic
• Avid Users
• Avid Media_Files
• Avid Templates
• Settings
• Avid FatalErrorReports
• sharedjvm/server/apps/MediaIndexer/stat/log
• MarqueeTitles
•AVX Plug-Ins Data
The following folders are created on your Windows Vista system in the following location:
C:/Users/Public/Public Documents/<AvidProductName>
• Avid Attic
• Avid Users
• Avid Media_Files
• Avid Templates
• Settings
• Avid FatalErrorReports
• sharedjvm/server/apps/MediaIndexer/stat/log
• MarqueeTitles
•AVX Plug-Ins Data
Cleaning up Old Folders Before Installation
Do the following to clean up old folders before you install the new ones if you are
performing an upgrade from a version prior to Media Composer 3.0, .