Installation of ForScore is straightforward. Double-click the installation program to begin the installation.  Unless you have a good reason not to, just accept the wizard's defaults.

 

More specifics on what's stored where are in the Configuration Settings topic.

 

A few things to keep in mind:

•You must be a member of the local Administrators group on your computer when you install the software and when you run it the first time.

•If you ever use Add/Remove Programs in control panel to remove ForScore, the system will attempt to remove everything that ForScore added to your computer.  This includes data files used by ForScore!  So if you have any data you need to keep, be sure to remember to back it up before uninstalling ForScore.

 

Default directories for Windows Vista or Windows 7 or Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 or Windows 10

•On 32-bit computers, program files go into C:\Program Files\ForScore2015

•On 64-bit computers, program files go into C:\Program Files (x86)\ForScore2015

•Data files  go into C:\ForScoreFiles\DATA.

•When you use the Data File Backup option from the File menu to create a snapshot of your data, it copies the data files into a folder called or C:\ForScoreFiles\Backup.

•When you use the Data File Archive option from the File menu, it creates a zipfile in a folder called C:\ForScoreFiles\ArchiveDATA

•License files go into C:\ForScoreFiles\LICENSE.

•CSV (comma separated value) export files for match results or the shooters database will be created in C:\ForScoreFiles\export.

 

Default directories for Windows XP are now THE SAME as for the newer Windows versions.

 

Copying data to another computer or backing it up:

•Data files can be freely copied from one computer to another, as long as they are all running the same version of ForScore. ALL data files should be copied as a group, with the possible exception of config.tps, which you may or may not choose to copy.  Click here for more explanation.  You can optionally specify a different location for your data files.

•License files are keyed to a specific computer and will not work on another machine.  They should be backed up as part of your regular backup routine.  (You do have a regular backup routine, don't you?)

 

Other file information:

•An initialization file is created called<Your Computer Name>-ForScore.ini.   This contains settings such as the last choices you made when printing results or making web pages.  The file is in the folder that contains your ForScore data files.

•HTML (web pages) and PDF files will be created by default in C:\IDPAHTML.  You can change this in Program Setup | Preferences.

•Your Windows software must be configured to have a default printer. This can be the simple Generic Text printer if you don't have a printer actually installed.

 

 

If you choose to install the IDPA rulebook and/or the printable version of this manual (ForScore.pdf), your computer will need a copy of the free Adobe Reader, available from Adobe.

The IDPA rulebook is provided as a convenience, and does not imply any endorsement of this software by the International Defensive Pistol Association®.  It's always a good idea to check their website for a newer version of the rulebook.  If you want ForScore's menu to be able to load it, the file must be named IDPARulebook.pdf.