Installing, Upgrading, Moving, and Uninstalling

Installing, Upgrading, Moving, and Uninstalling

Installing

You should have received the program in its distribution archive as a self-extracting file, or possibly a ZIP file. If not, you can download it: see Getting the latest version.

To install:

Run the file you downloaded. You will be guided through the installation.

If you received a ZIP file, you will need to unzip it before running the installation file it contains. If you are not familiar with ZIP files, see ZIP Files below for help.

Upgrading to a later version

Just download and install the new version. In other words, follow the instructions above: the same procedure as for a first installation. If you have paid for and registered the program, it will still be registered after you upgrade, provided you do not uninstall the existing version before installing the upgrade. Upgrades are free of charge to registered users for the foreseeable future.

Your recent settings will normally be preserved when you upgrade. If you want to be on the safe side, before upgrading you can make a spare copy of Concordance.Ini which you will find in your Windows directory.

Moving to a new computer

If you get a new computer in the future and want to use Concordance on it, do exactly the same as you did when you first obtained the software: first download and install the unregistered version on the new computer, then apply your registration key. If you install and register Concordance on a new computer, you must also delete it on the old computer so that nobody can use it without a licence.

The only files you need to transfer to the new computer, as opposed to installing afresh, are your own texts and concordances. You also need your registration key and the instructions for using it that came with your registration e-mail.

After Concordance is working on the new computer, it is also possible to transfer all your current Concordance settings if you wish. They are all stored in the file concordance.ini in the Windows folder. But in general I'd recommend not bothering to transfer this file, as it contains many references to file locations which may well be different on the new computer. By all means have a look in the file with a plain text editor to help make a judgment.

Uninstalling

Caution: after you have registered your copy of the program, uninstalling it will mean you lose your registered copy. Hence you should keep your registration details carefully in case you need to re-enter them after re-installing.

To uninstall, open Windows Control Panel and choose Add/Remove Programs. The program should appear in the list of software which Windows can automatically remove. Select the program and press the Add/Remove button. The Uninstall program will do its stuff.

In certain circumstances the automatic uninstaller may be unable to remove a few files. If you really want to be sure you have expunged every trace of the program, you can check that the following things no longer exist and delete them yourself if necessary:

the folder where you installed the program - usually C:\Program Files\Concordance - and its sub-folders;

the file Concordance.Ini in your Windows directory;

registry entries under the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RJCW\Concordance

(Don't edit the Windows registry unless you are familiar with what to do.)

Zip Files

You may have received the program as a ZIP file. Windows XP can handle ZIP files. If you are not using XP, you need a program such as the following to unzip the file:

WinZip (a Windows program); or
PKUNZIP (a program which runs from the MS-DOS Command Prompt).

Both are available on many download sites.

WinZip® from Nico Mak Computing, Inc. is often included on CD-ROMs with computing magazines.

PKUNZIP is part of PKZIPā 2.04g from PKWAREā, Inc. Look for the file PKZ204G.EXE.

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