14-Mar-2022

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WPS Installation on Windows
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WPS for Windows version 4.1.10-GA-release (4.1.10.0.18452-GA-release)

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     1. Prerequisites

     2. Installation

     3. Upgrading

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1. Prerequisites
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WPS software runs on Windows Server 2003 and later and on Windows XP and
later. There are no other prerequisites.

You will need to have administrative access to install the WPS software.


2. Installation
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Before starting to install WPS, ensure that your copy of Windows has the
latest updates and service packs applied.

Windows workstation and server installations both use the same WPS
software - usage is controlled by means of a license key applied using
the setinit procedure.

The WPS installation file for Windows can be downloaded from the World
Programming website. You will require a username and password to access
the download section of the site.

Once the installation (.msi) file is downloaded, you simply double-click
the file, read and accept the EULA and follow the on-screen instructions.

Once the WPS software is installed, you will need to apply the license
key. The license key will have been emailed to you when you purchased
the WPS software. The easiest way to apply the license key is by running
the WPS Workbench and following the instructions. You will need to be
running the workbench as a user with administrative access to the
system.

IMPORTANT:
Installing WPS into a directory where any part of the absolute pathname
contains non-ASCII characters may result in the WPS executable failing
to start. In this event, you will need to uninstall WPS and re-install
into a location where the absolute pathname contains only ASCII characters.


From version 3.2 of WPS onwards, it is possible to give the WPS server
access to any environment variables by configuring them in the normal
way through the Windows Control Panel. You may want to set appropriate
environment variables specifically for use with WPS, for example to
access a database client. However, it is not possible to limit the
enviornment variables to the WPS server; all processes running as the
same user will have access to variables.


3. Upgrading
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You will need a version 4 license key to use WPS version 4.

WPS will always be able to read data created by prior versions of WPS.
Older versions of WPS will not always be able to read data created by
newer versions of WPS.

Note that the name of the command line executable for WPS has been
changed from wpsi.exe to wps.exe. Existing batch scripts and other
references to wpsi.exe will need to be changed to wps.exe.

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