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Installation
- For Windows 10 or Windows 11 (Enterprise or Pro versions) FileMaker Pro Client installation:
- Click the "FileMaker Application Download" link above.
- You will need to get the License Certificate from Michele or from the "Software" layout in FileMaker. It is important to make sure you
- Quit FileMaker
- At "My Computer" or the "Windows Button", go to "Add and Remove Programs" and remove FileMaker Pro.
- Remove FileMaker Pro. If there are multiple copies of FileMaker Pro, remove them all.
- Open your Downloads Folder
- Find the downloaded file. It probably will be a *.zip file that needs Extracted. Its name will start "fmp". Right click on it and select Extract. After extraction, double click the fmp* file ending in "EXE" and it will install.
- When it prompts for your license, click on the browse button and browse to your downloads folder and double click on a file you downloaded from FileMaker named "LicenseCert". If the file was already selected, then you can just hit next.
- follow install prompts in the affirmative (use default values)
- If asked, say Install for All Users.
- If it asks to put a company name in, type "Cutting Corners".
- If you are asked to replace the current application, click Yes.
- After installation, click the "Open Database" link above. Make sure the installation is completed first.
- Go up to FILE and pull down to HOSTS and click "Show Hosts"
- If there is not a Favorite host named fm.fabriceresource.com, follow these instructions
- In the top right under Favorites, click the plus "+" sign.
- Type in the host name: fm.fabricresource.com
- You can optionally give the shortcut a name
- Hit Save
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