Installation and New Features Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Before you begin
- About this guide
- Where to find FileMaker documentation
- Customer support, Knowledge Base, and Community
- Product notifications
- About the license key
- Backing up your FileMaker Pro download
- Requirements for features
- Converting the trial version to the full version of FileMaker Pro
- Upgrading FileMaker Pro from a previous version
- Opening files from previous versions
- Automating the installation process
- Chapter 2 Installing FileMaker Pro in Windows
- Chapter 3 Installing FileMaker Pro in macOS
- Chapter 4 New features
- Chapter 5 Where to go from here
Chapter 2 | Installing FileMaker Pro in Windows 8
Default installation locations
By default, FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Pro Advanced are installed in one of the following
folders.
1 On 32-bit Windows systems:
C:\Program Files\FileMaker\<FileMaker product>
1 On 64-bit Windows systems:
1 32-bit FileMaker Pro is installed in
C:\Program Files (x86)\FileMaker\<FileMaker product>
1 64-bit FileMaker Pro is installed in
C:\Program Files\FileMaker\<FileMaker product>
where <FileMaker product> is FileMaker Pro 16 or FileMaker Pro 16 Advanced.
During the
installation you can choose a different drive or folder.
Installing FileMaker Pro
You must use the installation program to install FileMaker Pro—you can’t install FileMaker Pro by
dragging files to your hard disk.
1. Do one of the following:
1 If you received your software electronically, after downloading the file for the 32- or 64-bit
version of FileMaker Pro, double-click the installation icon (.exe file).
1 If you are installing FileMaker Pro using a DVD, insert the DVD into your DVD drive, open
the DVD window, then click the installation icon to install the 32-bit version.
To install the 64-bit version, click the browse icon, open the 64-bit folder, then double-click
Setup.exe.
2. Install FileMaker Pro by following the onscreen instructions.
See “Installation notes” on page 7.
3. When the installation is complete, the Product Registration dialog box appears.
If you have problems installing or starting FileMaker Pro, visit S
upport.
Click to install
the 32-bit
application
Click to exitClick to browse
and view the
contents of the
DVD