Installing “Science Court” on a stand alone PC computer so that the CD is not needed to run the program

By Monica Saucier, Michelle Obert and Tony Mitchell

1. Insert the Network version CD of the of Science Court into the CD ROM drive. It is inside the flap of the yellow booklet of each title.

2. Double click (DC) on "My Computer".

3. DC on C drive

4. DC on Program Files

5. Go to File and New: Choose Folder from the pop up menu

6. Name new folder "Science Court".

7. Move the Science Court window to the right side of your desktop and close all of the other windows except My Computer. Move My Computer to the left side of your desktop.

8. Inside the "My Computer" window, DC on the Science Court CD to open it such that its contents are visible. Note: Various MS operating systems work differently, but what you want to achieve is having two windows open: on the left side the CD contents are visible; on the right side the Science Court folder you just made appears.

9. Make the CD window active and then drag the title folder (example SciCourt-Soil) inside of the Science Court folder on your computer.

10. It will take a few minutes for the files to copy from the CD to your computer. The length of time depends upon the speed of your computer’s processor.

11. Close all windows and remove CD.

12. Click on the Start Menu and choose Run. The click on the browse button in Run window.

13. You are going to navigate to the folder we just made so follow the path we set: "C:\Program Files\ Science Court \ SciCourt-Soil \ClientSetup.exe"

14. When you see the ClientSetup, click on it and the open button. Then click on the OK button in the Run window.

15. Now you can use your Software by going to the Start menu, Programs, and choosing Science Court.