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Visual Modeler 2.0 Installation Information

Visual Modeler 2.0 Installation Information

The Visual Modeler 2.0 Setup wizard automatically installs the Visual Modeler executable and related files on your computer.

Note: On Windows NT, the installation is always done as a personal (as opposed to common) one, whether or not you have administrator privileges.

Visual Modeler Folder

The Setup wizard decompresses files from the Visual Modeler release media and copies them to a folder on your hard disk. This folder is referred to as your Visual Modeler folder throughout this guide. The Setup wizard will suggest a location for the folder, but you can specify a different location.

Program-Item Icons

In Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0, the Setup wizard creates a folder in the Windows Start Menu\Programs folder and populates it with program-item icons. You can then start Visual Modeler by choosing it from the taskbar's Start > Programs menu.

The Setup wizard creates program-item icons for:

Initialization File

The Setup wizard creates a rose.ini file in your Windows folder.

Log File

The Setup wizard logs installation progress to a file named install.log that it creates in your Visual Modeler folder. In case you encounter a problem with the installation, this file may provide information to help diagnose the problem.

Removing the Visual Modeler 2.0 Release

In Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0, you can remove this release by going to the Windows Control Panel and choosing Add/Remove Programs and choosing Microsoft Visual Modeler from the displayed list of programs.

Note that in Windows NT 4.0, the uninstallation information for Visual Modeler is stored in the registry as personal (as opposed to common) information. Thus, it will be visible to only the user who installed Visual Modeler.


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