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Ken Whitaker uses a common installer for all Spresso® apps for each platform (Windows and macOS). Using the Spresso iVersionIt app as an example, a step-by-step set of instructions are pprovided for you on the Windows platform.
(These instructions apply to The Nerd Herd Game™, too.)
Spresso App Windows INSTALLation guide
Installing the App
Download and install the Decaf (free forever) edition app for the Windows platform.
Locate and double-click spresso-iversionit-installer.exe in your Downloads folder:
If you receive a warning message indicating that the source publisher of Spresso iVersionIt is an unknown developer, click the Run (or Run Anyway) button and proceed with the installation.
We’re not really unknown. We just haven’t created gone through the app developer credential work.
The installation program starts up and steps you through installation of the app into the Program Files (x86) folder. Preferences, resources, and sample project files are copied into the user account’s Roaming\LSM folder.
The First Time Running the App
The first time Spresso iVersionIt is run, you’ll get a warning dialog that you are running the Decaf (free forever) edition:
Click OK.
To keep the app handy, right-click the app’s icon in the taskbar. Select Pin to taskbar:
Similarly, you can also pin a shortcut to the app in the Start menu by right-clicking after locating the app. Select Pin to Start and the app gets its own icon in the Start menu:
To automatically run the app whenever Windows starts, follow these instructions:
- Press the Windows+R keyboard combination and enter shell:startup. This will bring up the StartUp folder.
- Click on the Start button and drag the Spresso iVersionIt app to the StartUp folder. An app shortcut will be created.
Restart Windows and Spresso iVersionIt will be automatically run after the next logon.
Unlocking a Paid License
Each time you run the app, a warning message is displayed as a reminder only the basic features are enabled with the Decaf edition. If you decide to purchase a license for one of the fee-based editions (like Americano or Espresso), you’ll be asked to download an edition unlocker installer.
Quit Spresso iVersionIt and run the unlocker installer for the edition you licensed. (The installer operates just like the app installer but it only copies a special unlocking code file to the app’s Preferences folder.) The next time you run Spresso iVersionIt, click Yes in response to accept the new unlock feature code:
The licensed edition’s features will be enabled and you won’t see the warning dialog when the app starts up again.
Uninstalling the App
To remove the app, click the Start menu and enter Add or remove program. Select the Spresso iVersionit app from the list and click Uninstall:
Optionally, you can always remove any remaining files in the user’s Application Support folder. Using File Explorer, find the LSM subfolder and drag the Spresso iVersionIt folder to the recycled bin.
That’s all there is to it!
Special Notes: App data, like the default version backup folder (User Data/(iVersionIt Backups/), may need to be copied if the Application Support subfolder is moved to the Recycle Bin. If the app was configured to run automatically at login, make sure it is removed from the StartUp folder.
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