Installing software to your hard disk
What is the nature of the issue?
Can I run my GMI software product from the hard disk so that I don't have to have my CD-ROM in the drive to use the product?
Is there a fix available?
Yes, in general.
Note, though, that your license is still for a single machine; if you wish to run the software on multiple machines, contact GMI for a multi-user license. A few older products (African Proverbs, Operation World Plus, 20:21 Library) require extensive editing of configuration files in order to run from the hard disk. Most newer products (and many CD-ROM products from other manufacturers) can be run from the hard disk by clicking on the tab below and following the general procedure:
Instructions for older products
- If you have already installed the product, uninstall it (from Add/Remove Programs in Windows)
- Make a new, empty folder on your hard disk. Give it a name you can associate with the product. If you are going to do this for a number of products, you might want to create a folder called CD_Images or something similar and create subfolders under it for each product.
- Copy all of the files and folders from the CD-ROM to the new folder
- Run the installer (generally setup.exe for Windows) from the folder on the hard disk.
If you are running Windows, click on the tab below to see a more Windows-specific set of instructions for copying a CD-ROM to your hard disk and then running its setup program. If you are unfamiliar using Windows Explorer, you may wish to find someone locally who is familiar with it and show them these instructions:
Instructions for windows
- Uninstall the software running from the CD-ROM using Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel
- Right-click on My Computer (on Start menu in Windows XP, desktop in earlier versions) and choose explore
- Create and name an empty folder on your hard drive by selecting the disk you want in the left-hand pane, right-clicking an empty area of the right-hand pane, and selecting New, the Folder. Give the folder a name reflecting the product. With some CD-ROMs, you may have a better chance of success if the name you choose does not contain spaces or unusual characters.
- Point at, or click once on (depending on your settings) the icon for your CD-ROM drive in the left hand panel of the explorer Window to display the files and folders on the CD. (If you click one too many times, the CD installer will run. If this happens, exit the installer, return to explorer, and click one less time).
- Press Ctrl-A to select all of the files and folders.
- Drag the selected files and folders to the empty folder you created in step 3. You may need to scroll the left pane to make the destination folder visible.
- Open the new folder and double-click on setup.exe to re-install the software from the new location.
- Users of Operation World CD-ROM, WorldVue, Operation China, and Peoples of the Buddhist World who have had problems with installation may alternatively skip installation by the following procedure:
- In the new folder on your hard disk, find the main menu or other beginning document for the product you are installing:
- Operation World
- home (home.htm; main menu)
- today (today.htm; goes to current prayer day)
- ow (in acrobat folder; ow.pdf; PDF version of book text may be more suitable for printing)
- WorldVue
- main (main.pdf; main menu)
- Operation China
- opchina (opchina.pdf; complete text)
- Peoples of the Buddhist World
- Buddhist_World-Acrobat_6+ (Buddhist_World-Acrobat_6+.pdf; for users of Adobe Reader 6 or above)
- Buddhist_World-Acrobat_4-5.pdf (Buddhist_World-Acrobat_4-5.pdf; rarely needed, only for users of Acrobat Reader 4 and 5)
- Create a desktop shortuct to main document by right-clicking it and holding the right mouse button while dragging it to your desktop. When you relase the right mouse button, a mini-menu will appear. Choose "Create Shortcuts Here".
- Right-click the new desktop icon and select Rename from the mini-menu to give it a more understandable name, like the name of the CD.
What if that did not work?
If neither obtaining local help nor the above instructions help, please contact GMI technical support for further assistance.
