Installation and New Features Guide (Windows)
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1: Installing FileMakerPro
- About this guide
- Registration and customer support
- What you need to install FileMakerPro
- Before you begin
- Installing with Windows95 or WindowsNT4.0
- Installing with Windows3.1, Windowsfor Workgroup...
- Updating your User Dictionary
- Where files are stored on your hard disk
- Adjusting the FileMakerPro cache
- Adjusting network software
- Opening files from previous versions
- Where to go from here
- Chapter 2: New features in FileMaker Pro
- Appendix A: Installing Win32s
Installing FileMaker Pro 1-11
Uninstalling FileMaker Pro for Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0
1. Open the Add/Remove Programs control panel.
2. Click the Install/Uninstall tab and select FileMaker Pro 4.0 from the list.
3. Click Add/Remove.
Earlier versions of FileMaker Pro can be removed the same way.
Note Uninstalling doesn’t delete files that you’ve created, as long as
they are named differently than the files that are installed with
FileMaker Pro.
Installing with Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups,
or Windows NT 3.51
If you are using Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11, you
need to install Win32s 1.30c before installing FileMaker Pro. If an
earlier version of Win32s is installed on your system, the older version
must be removed and Win32s 1.30c must be installed. See appendix A,
“Installing Win32s” for further information.
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 disc 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 1-8.