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Initial Installation in Windows

The latest  Agiloft software release can be found at http://www.agiloft.com/ewdownload. Choose the Windows operating system. The installer file name will be in this form:

  • Agiloft-<Release date>-windows-64bit-setup.exe

Windows Installation

The Windows installer uses a series of dialog boxes and progress indicators to guide you through the installation process. You will be led through the following installation steps:

Begin installation

To launch the installation wizard, run the downloaded file as an administrator. 

Installer language

Select your preferred language and click OK.

License agreement

You must accept the terms of the  Agiloft license agreement to install and use the software. You may review the terms of the License Agreement at any time by visiting our website. Once you read and accept the terms of the agreement, click Next.

Welcome dialog

The installer prompts you to close other programs. Click Next to continue.

Select directory

The default installation directory for Windows is <system drive>:\ Agiloft. To change the destination directory enter a new file path and then click Next.

Antivirus warning

The installer prompts you with recommendations for configuring any antivirus software running on your system. When you are finished, click Next.

Project restore

If you have any previous knowledgebases backed up, select Yes to perform a restore from those files. See: Backup a Knowledgebase for more information about creating backups.

If you select this option, you can choose to:

  • Restore all knowledgebases
  • Restore the most recent version of each knowledgebase
  • Restore from the periodic backups directory

Select the directory where the backup files are located and click Next. 

Word API Integration 

If all prerequisite software is already installed on the server, you may skip the installation of MS executables. You may also skip this step if you do not plan to use the Word API features like document comparison. Select the option to proceed to install the MS executables. Click Next to launch the installation wizard for MS .NET 4.5. If the installer detects Microsoft .NET framework 4.5 already present on the Windows server, it will display a prompt with options to repair or remove .NET Framework, as shown below. Click Cancel to skip any changes to .NET Framework 4.5.MS office.

  1. Once MS .NET Framework is installed, you are prompted to restart your computer. Choose Restart Later.
  2. Next, the MS Primary Interop Assemblies Redistributable is automatically installed.

For more information, see: 

Static HTML pages

Select Yes to add the capability to access static HTML pages, such as a custom login page, exit page, and so on – recommended. If this option is not enabled and you do not have an integrated web server such as IIS already configured, then any HTML pages stored on the server cannot be launched. If you choose Yes, define a directory to define the context for static HTML pages. 

Extracting files

Next, the installer extracts files into the installation directory.  A progress bar is shown while the extraction runs.

Information

This completes the initial installation steps. When you are ready to continue with Setup, click Next and a browser window will open automatically. Click Cancel to exit the installation wizard. You may launch Setup again later.

For the next steps in your installation, see Work with Setup. 

Enable Word API Features in Windows

Agiloft installation for Windows servers can include a document comparison feature which supports comparing two MS Word files, version 2010 or higher. The Word Track Changes feature allows a user to input two versions of a given file, creating a new redlined document; the new document shows the changes made between one version and the next.

This comparison action is triggered within  Agiloft by an action type called a Document Comparison Action. The comparison file can be downloaded through  Agiloft’s user interface. In order to use the document comparison feature with  Agiloft, the following software is required:

  • Microsoft Office 2010 or later. This must already be installed on the Windows server that hosts  Agiloft software.
  • Microsoft Office 2010:  Primary Interop Assemblies Redistributable.*
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or higher.
For convenience, MS Office 2010: Primary Interop Assemblies Redistributable and MS .NET Framework 4.5 are included with the  Agiloft installer. You may opt to install or skip these software add-ons during  Agiloft installation. If you prefer, you can also download and install them from the Microsoft Download Center.
Note: Before installing  Agiloft on a Windows server, please ensure that the following directories exist: 
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\Desktop
    And
  • C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\Desktop

Create the desktop directories if they do not exist. 

Post-installation steps

Additional steps are required to enable the redlining feature only if the Windows server previously had MS Office 1997-2003 installed, and was later upgraded to MS Office 2010 or higher. These steps can be done while  Agiloft is running.

  1. Log on to the Windows server as the Administrator user.
  2. Click Start > Run > dcomcnfg.

  3. Open the folder DCOM Config: Select Component Services > Computers > My Computer > DCOM Config.

  4. Scroll down the left pane to search for Microsoft Word 97 – 2003 OR Microsoft Word Document. This option is only available if MS Word 97 or 2003 was previously installed on the Windows server.

    Note: If you do not find the item Microsoft Word 97—2003 OR Microsoft Word Document you may skip the remaining steps.

  5. Right-click and select Properties. Navigate to the Identity tab and select The interactive user. Click Apply.

That’s it. Document comparison is now enabled.

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