TAP Installation Folder

TAP Installation Folder

Q: I want to install TAP in a folder on my D: drive, but the setup program shows a default folder of C:\SWTAP. How do I change that?

A: During the setup process, you will see the "Choose Destination Location" dialog box.

Click the "Browse" button on this dialog box to choose the folder where you want to install TAP.

There are a couple of important issues to consider when installing a new TAP installation on a computer for the first time, or when updating an existing TAP system.

When installing a new TAP system on a computer that does not have TAP installed, be sure to install from a SoftWright CD or from the downloaded CD_DEMO.EXE file available from the SoftWright web site. The UPDATE.EXE file only contains parts of the program that have changed. Installing the UPDATE.EXE file on a new system will result in an incomplete installation and result in unpredictable operation.
When installing an update to your existing TAP system (either from a SoftWright CD or from the UPDATE.EXE file from the web site), be sure to specify the same folder where TAP is already installed. Installing multiple copies of TAP (or other SoftWright software, including demo versions) on the same machine (in different folders or even on different drives) will cause confusion in the Windows Registry and result in unpredictable operation.

If either of the above conditions are not met during the installation, you will see a warning form similar to the one below:

If this is an update to an existing system, you should close the form, then use the "Back" button in the following dialog box to change to the correct folder:

If this is a new installation you are attempting from the UPDATE.EXE file you should cancel the installation and install from a CD disk or the CD_DEMO.EXE file.