Re: AW GS installation on HD

[Charles Stephens <devnull@dobbs.eng.sun.com>]

>>>>> "WS" == Will Smith <wsmith@NOSPAM.ctron.com> writes:

 WS> i have Appleworks GS (forget what version-- i bought it in '89 or '90)
 WS> and i want to install it on my (recently acquired) Focus HD.  i can't
 WS> look this up in the dox 'cause the books have long since
 WS> disappeared...

 WS> there's a README file there about installing AWGS, and it offers
 WS> instructions on installing it on the HD without overwriting some
 WS> system files.  i followed the instructions and AWGS will RUN, but when
 WS> i try to open a new file, it says that the module (whether it is the
 WS> Word Processing, Database, etc) cannot be opened.

 WS> as i understood it, all that i had to do was copy the Program disk and
 WS> the Utilities disk onto the HD, right?  i read the instructions to say
 WS> that the Utilities disk files were to be copied into the Program
 WS> disk's folder.  is the Utilities disk supposed to be in its OWN
 WS> folder?

 WS> any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

There is an Installer program on the "Tools" disk.  It will install it
for you.  It is pretty straight forward.

cfs
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