Echo :: Installation

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System Requirements

Ethervane Echo requires one of the following operating systems:

  • Windows XP
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows 7 or later

In particular, Ethervane Echo will not run on any version of Windows earlier than XP, such as Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows ME.

Echo should run well on 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and 7, but has not been extensively tested on these versions.

Operating systems other than Windows are not and will not be supported.

To install Ethervane Echo as a standard desktop application:

  1. Download the installer package to your computer.
  2. Double-click the downloaded file to launch the installer.
  3. Follow the installation wizard directions to install Ethervane Echo.

If you want Ethervane Echo to be started automatically whenever your computer starts, you may need to add a shortcut to the ethervaneecho.exe file to the Startup folder in the Start menu.

(This cannot be configured inside the program, because under Windows Vista, 7 and later regular applications do not have permissions to add shortcuts to the Start menu. Only the installer can perform this function.)

Notes:

  1. Echo automatically selects portable mode when it is launched from a removable drive, such as a USB disk. This means you can install the desktop version on your computer, then copy (or move) the complete Echo folder onto a USB disk. Echo will automatically create the folders it requires and a new, empty database on the USB disk.
  2. A standard installation can be changed into a portable installation by modifying the portable setting in the master.config file. For details see Master Config.
  3. By default, the program is installed in c:\Program Files\Ethervane\Echo.

To uninstall Ethervane Echo (standard installation):

Use the Control Panel “Add or Remove Programs” (or “Programs and features”) applet to uninstall Echo. Please note that uninstalling Echo will not delete the database and the configuration files; you will have to remove them manually.

To install Ethervane Echo as a portable application:

  1. Download the zip archive file containing the portable installation.
  2. Unzip (unpack) the archive into a folder on your computer, USB drive, pendrive etc.
  3. Double-click the ethervaneecho.exe file to start the program.
  4. If you want a shortcut to the Ethervane Echo executable, you will need to create one manually.
  5. If you want Echo to start with Windows automatically, add a shortcut to ethervaneecho.exe in the Startup (or Autostart) group in the Start Menu.

Important:

Do NOT unpack the portable installation to a folder under the Program Files directory on your computer, such as “C:\Program Files\Echo”. Portable installation of Ethervane Echo stores its database and configuration files in subfolders located directly under the installation folder. Under the Program Files directory however, users do not have permissions to these subfolders. As a result, Echo will not be able to update the database and store its configuration, and you will see plenty of errors. Instead, unpack the portable installation to a folder to which you do have write permissions. Ideally, create a special new folder for that purpose on any drive you wish, e.g. C:\Echo or D:\Utilities\Echo, etc.

Notes:

  • Echo automatically selects portable mode when it is launched from a removable drive, such as a USB disk. This means you can install the desktop version on your computer, then copy (or move) the complete Echo folder onto a USB disk. Echo will automatically create the folders it requires and a new, empty database on the USB disk.
  • You can change the installation type (from portable to standard or from standard to portable) by modifying the portable setting in the master.config file. For details see Master Config.

To uninstall Ethervane Echo (portable installation):

Simply delete the folder where Echo is installed. The database and the configuration files also reside under this folder, so you can delete them as well.