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--- en:documentation:installation_on_windows [2010/12/25 14:28] – pch
+++ en:documentation:installation_on_windows [2019/04/27 08:49] (current) – [New installation] pch
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-===== Instruction to install the binaries on a Windows system =====
+===== Instructions to install the binaries on a Windows system =====
-It is possible to install the //Cartes du Ciel-SkyChart// version 3.0 over a full Windows version 2.76 in the same directory, and run the //Cartes du Ciel-SkyChart// 2.76 version apart from the 3.0 version. But you can also install the 3.0 version of Cartes du Ciel-SkyChart only.
+==== New installation ====
-Run the installer file ''skychart_3.xxxxx.exe'', to install Cartes du Ciel-SkyChart in your prefered directory
+For a new installation, download the installer corresponding to your system:
-(i.e. C:\Program Files\Ciel)
+  * skychart-xxx-windows.exe for a 32 bit system.
+  * skychart-xxx-windows-x64.exe for a 64 bit system.
-At any time you can start the version 3 with ''skychart.exe'', or the 2.76 version with ''ciel.exe''
+Then run the installer file ''skychart.xxx.exe'', to install Cartes du Ciel-SkyChart in your preferred directory (i.e. C:\Program Files\Ciel)
+After that you can start the program from the Start menu or the desktop icon. Please never run Skychart as administrator.
+==== Upgrade ====
+To upgrade to a new version, download and run the new installer. Be sure to install at the same location, over the previous version.
+If you first uninstall the previous version, this will also remove all the additional catalog you may have installed and reset your configuration.
+If you upgrade from a 32bit version to 64bit you must also keep the old install location. The resulting 64bit program will be in "Program files (x86)" but this is without any consequence.\\
+If you are annoyed by that, uninstall the 32bit version first. But with the effect described above.
 ===== Options =====
-==== Telescope driver ====
+==== Telescope drivers ====
-Only a limited number of telescope are natively supported. \\
+Only a limited number of telescopes are natively supported. \\
-To work with a full range of telescope model you need to install the [[http://ascom-standards.org/|ASCOM platform]] and the required [[http://ascom-standards.org/Downloads/ScopeDrivers.htm|telescope drivers]].
+To work with the full range of telescope models you need to install the [[http://ascom-standards.org/|ASCOM platform]] and the required [[http://ascom-standards.org/Downloads/ScopeDrivers.htm|telescope drivers]].
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 Video recording require the [[http://www.ffmpeg.org|ffmpeg]] software.
-You can get a ready to install version for Windows from a number of place:\\
+You can get a ready to install version for Windows from a number of places:\\
 http://www.videohelp.com/tools/ffmpeg \\
-http://sourceforge.net/projects/mplayer-win32/files/FFmpeg/ \\
+http://sourceforge.net/projects/mplayer-win32/files/FFmpeg/
-http://ffmpeg.arrozcru.org/autobuilds/
-You can install the files anywhere you want but be sure to set the location of ffmpeg.exe in the menu [[en:documentation:date_time#animation|Setup / Date-Time / Animation]].
+You can install the files anywhere you want, but be sure to set the location of ffmpeg.exe in the menu [[en:documentation:date_time#animation|Setup / Date-Time / Animation]].