Installing / Upgrading
Installing
If you run the setup program of Excel Invoice Manager in a
Windows system for the first time, or you have removed/uninstalled Excel Invoice Manager
before running the setup program, you are performing a fresh new installation.
- Windows 2000/XP
The default installation folder is:
<System Driver>\Program Files\Office-Kit.com\Excel Invoice Manager\
You can change the installation folder in the setup wizard. However, all the files,
including program files and data files, are always installed into the same folder, no matter
what the folder is.
- Windows Vista
The default installation folder is:
<System Driver>\Program Files\Office-Kit.com\Excel Invoice Manager\
In Windows Vista, the Program Files folder is a
system-protected folder. If you choose to install into this default folder, the wizard will
prompt for a separated folder for storing data files that are intended to be or could be
modified by end users. By default, the data files will be installed into:
<System Driver>\Users\<User Name>\Documents\My Excel Invoice Manager
The following files are seen as data files:
| Table 1 - Data Files Installed into Separated Data File Folder |
INVOICE.xls
Sample.mdb
FDINFO10.rst
MoreRows.xls
Automotive\Automotive.mdb
Automotive\Automotive.xls
Automotive\FDINFO10.rst
Automotive\ReadMe.txt
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However, if you choose another installation folder, i.e. a folder that is outside the
system-protected Program Files folder, such as
"C:\Excel Invoice Manager", the setup wizard will
install all files, including program files and data files, into the same folder.
In other words, the setup program (setup wizard) prefers to install all files into the same
folder - data file folder and installation folder are the same one. There is one exception -
if you are running Windows Vista and install Excel Invoice Manager
in a system-protected folder, such as Program Files, you will need a
separated data file folder.
You can always move or copy the data files to another folder using Windows Explorer, no matter which version of Windows you
are running.
Upgrading
If you have a previous version of Excel Invoice Manager installed,
and want to upgrade to the latest version, here are the three situations that can occur when
you run the setup program of Excel Invoice Manager without
removing the previous version in the first place.
- You install the program to the same folder as the previous version, and choose
"NO - Do not overwrite my data" option on the
Upgrade Existing Program screen.
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This is the default installation mode if you don't change any option in the setup
program and accept all the defaults. This way, you won't lose any data saved with the
previous version. However, if you already have a NEW-DATA-FILE
subfolder inside the data file folder of Excel Invoice Manager,
the following files will be overwritten without any warning message:
| Table 2 - Data Files in the NEW-DATA-FILE folder |
NEW-DATA-FILE\INVOICE.xls
NEW-DATA-FILE\Sample.mdb
NEW-DATA-FILE\FDINFO10.rst
NEW-DATA-FILE\MoreRows.xls
NEW-DATA-FILE\Automotive\Automotive.mdb
NEW-DATA-FILE\Automotive\Automotive.xls
NEW-DATA-FILE\Automotive\FDINFO10.rst
NEW-DATA-FILE\Automotive\ReadMe.txt
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All the shortcuts, including those on the Windows Start menu and Desktop, will point
to the files in the original data file folder or installation folder of Excel Invoice Manager,
but not the files in the NEW-DATA-FILE folder.
- You install the program into the same installation folder and data file folder as the previous version, and choose
YES - I want to overwrite all existing data files option
on the Upgrade Existing Program screen.
All the data files listed in the above table will be overwritten. If you were using the Sample.mdb database file in the
data file folder as the working database, you will lose your data.
- You install the new version to a different folder than the one where the previous
version was installed.
The installer will upgrade all your program files, and copy all the data files listed in
the above table to the new folder. All the
shortcuts created by the installer, including the ones on the Windows Start menu and
Desktop, will point to the files in the new folder.
All the data files you saved with the previous version will remain there. To use your
original template and database, just go to the folder where you stored your template,
and then open the template file.
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