Installation and New Features Guide (Windows)

2-8 FileMaker Pro Installation and New Features Guide
Typical installation
To install FileMaker Pro with Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups
3.11, or Windows NT 3.51:
1. Start Windows.
2. Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
3. Choose Run from the Program Manager’s File menu.
4. Type the drive letter for the CD-ROM drive and the path for the setup
command in the Command Line box (for example,
d:\setup) and
click OK.
5. Follow the installation instructions provided on the screen.
Compact installation or Custom installation
For information on installing a subset of the FileMaker Pro files, see
“Compact installation or Custom installation” on page 2-5.
Uninstalling FileMaker Pro for Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups,
or Windows NT 3.51
1. Open the FileMaker Pro program group.
2. Double-click Uninstall FileMaker Pro.
Note Uninstalling doesn’t delete files that you’ve created, as long as
they are named differently than the sample and template files that are
installed with FileMaker Pro.
Where files are stored on your hard disk
The following tables show the files and folders you can install, and
the preferred location for them on your hard disk. With a Typical
installation, the FileMaker Pro Installer installs all the files you need in
their preferred locations.
Location of the FileMaker Pro 4.1 folder
In Windows 98, Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0, the
FileMaker Pro 4.1 folder is installed by default in the FileMaker folder
in the Program Files folder (C:\Program Files\FileMaker\
FileMaker Pro 4.1). In Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups, or
Windows NT 3.51, the FileMaker Pro directory is installed by default in
the root directory (C:\fmpro41).