New installation and update installation

The Stratford program - both updates and the initial installation - install programs into C:\Stratford\ssiwin\0,1,2. You should never put anything in those 3 folders that you want to keep. The reason is that when you install an update, all files in those 3 folders are deleted before any new files are copied in.

If you download programs from Stratford's internet server, what you will receive is exactly what is on an installation/update CD. Because the CD has more than 30 files, we 'package' them into a single file so that it is easy to download. After the file is downloaded, if you chose 'open' it will install the files like most other software. If you save the file, you will need to find the file and click on it.

If you want a multi-user networked system, you should only install the programs on a single computer. See a section later in this manual about setting up a network.