Ossila FACT1 User Manual page 14

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When prompted with the query "Windows cannot create a shortcut here. Do you want to
place the shortcut on the desktop instead", select "Yes".
Windows will automatically place the shortcut on the User's desktop.
Important! The icon itself (i.e. the executable) must not be moved to any other location
on disk, otherwise the application will stop working properly.
Enabling data settings storage folder
The application allows the user to save the Experiment/Acquisition settings in an appositely created
data folder contained in C:\Programme Files (86X)\SuperFACT\.
If you are using Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or later distributions, you must enable the application to write
the data folder.
To change the data folder access permission:
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Navigate to C:\Programme Files
(86X)\SuperFACT\, and right click the data
folder
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On the drop-down menu, click on
"Properties" and on tab menu of select
"Security".
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Under "Group or user names" select the
relevant PC user
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Click on edit and make sure that "Full
control" is ticked
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Press apply and then OK
Reinstalling the application
To avoid losing experiment/acquisition settings, the User is strongly advised to:
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Make a copy of the data folder
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After the re-installation is completed, delete the content of the new data folder with the
exception of the file with extension .ddl
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Copy all the files in the old data folder to the new data folder, again with the exception of
the file with extension .ddl.
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