FIRST! - Be sure you have only one copy of cygwin1.dll (the one that came in your zipped file) on your computer.
WindowsXP users:
- Single right click on the "Start" button on the bottom left corner of your desktop.
- Arrow up and single left click "Explore". This opens your entire computer file directory.
- Single right click on your computer's root directory ( usually Local Disc (C:) )
- Arrow down and single left click on "Search".
- In the "All or part of the file name" search box, type cygwin1.dll then click "Search".
- After the search is complete, single right click on the instances of cygwin1.dll (with the exception of the one in your FLDIGI file folder) then arrow down and left click delete. Repeat this for each instance of this file with the exception of the one in your FLDIGI file folder.
Vista users:
- Single right click on the "Start" button on the bottom left corner of your desktop.
- Arrow up and single left click "Explore". This opens your entire computer file directory.
- Single left click on your computer's root directory ( usually Local Disc (C:) )
- In the "search" box in the upper right hand corner of the window, type cygwin1.dll
- Single right click on the instances of cygwin1.dll (with the exception of the one in your FLDIGI file folder) then arrow down and left click delete. Repeat this for each instance of this file with the exception of the one in your FLDIGI file folder.
Now you are ready to install FLDIGI.
Go to the desktop (or the directory where you saved the NBEMS/FLDIGI download file) and double click the FLDIGI file icon.
This will open up the file folder, which is in a compressed .zip format.
If running WindowsXP:
- Click "file" at the top right side of the current window, then click "Extract All". This opens an extraction wizard.
- Click "Next", then click "Browse" and select the directory where you would like the NBEMS/FLDIGI file folder to reside then click "Next". The window should now say that the files were extracted properly.
- Make sure the box marked "Show Extracted Files" is checked, then click "Finish".
- Double click on the FLDIGI folder icon.
- Now single right click on fldigi.exe, arrow down and single left click on "Create Shortcut". A new file will appear in the folder that says "Shortcut to fldigi.exe".
- Single right click on that folder, arrow down and single left click on "Cut".
- Close all open windows, then single right click on your desktop, arrow down and single left click on "paste".
- You should now have a shortcut icon to FLDIGI on your desktop.
If running Vista:
- Single left click "Extract all files" from the selections along the top of the current window, then click "Extract All".
- Single left click "Browse" and select the directory where you would like the NBEMS/FLDIGI file folder to reside. Make sure the box marked "Show Extracted Files" is checked, then click "Extract".
- Double click on the FLDIGI folder icon.
- Now single right click on fldigi.exe, arrow down and single left click on "Create Shortcut". A new file will appear in the folder that says "Shortcut to fldigi.exe".
- Single right click on that folder, arrow down and single left click on "Cut".
- Close all open windows, then single right click on your desktop, arrow down and single left click on "paste".
- You should now have a shortcut icon to FLDIGI on your desktop.
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