Installing FlexPDE 4
on Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP

Windows installation is controlled by an interactive program that lets you choose the directory into which you wish to install.   
When you download the installation file from the internet you will receive a file with a name resembling
   fpde400wintel.exe
(the "400" might be replaced by another number, such as "412". This is the version number of the release.)

• Start Windows Explorer and navigate to the folder where the downloaded file has been placed.
• Double-click on the installation file.
• The interactive installation program will start.
• Follow the directions on the screen.

The Installation program will place an icon for FlexPDE4 on your desktop, and also make an entry in the "start" list.
You can subsequently invoke FlexPDE4 by clicking the icon, by locating FlexPDE4 in the "start" list, or by double-clicking on any .pde file in Windows Explorer.

Note: Installation of FlexPDE automatically associates the .pde file extension with the installed program.  You can restore a previous version 3 or version 2 association from Windows 2000 Explorer by clicking "Tools | Folder Options | File Types" and locating .PDE in the list. Other versions of Windows have similar facilities.

Dongle Installation

Licensed use of FlexPDE4 Professional Version relies on a hardware license device, or dongle. Before the license dongle can be recognized on any computer, you must install the dongle driver.
The dongle installation program is located on your CD, or can be downloaded from http://www.pdesolutions.com/sdmenu5.html. Once the dongle driver is installed, you can upgrade versions of FlexPDE without reinstalling the dongle driver.