Gaining new knowledge and expanding the horizons of our interests when working with a computer, we can no longer make do with only those basic programs pre-installed by the manufacturers themselves. Therefore, every user, even the most inexperienced, is faced with the need to install new programs on his computer.
For beginners, installing a new program often seems like something complicated and impossible, but in fact this is not so - installing most of the programs we use to work on a computer does not require any special knowledge and skills, and is accessible even to the most “green” » to users.
The very first and most understandable assistant in installing any program is always the instructions, which guide the user step by step. All you have to do is press the “ok” and “next” buttons. But we know that it is better to see once than to hear a hundred times, so we will give a clear example of installing a new program on a computer.
So, you have downloaded the program you need onto your computer. Find the downloaded file and double-click it to run.
The first window that will open immediately after launch will be the “Installation Wizard”, which will greet you and offer to continue the installation by clicking the “Next” button. By the way, at this stage we recommend that you stop the operation of other applications, that is, close them so that they do not slow down the process of installing a new program.
The text of the license agreement for using the program appears in the next window. Read the text and, if you are satisfied with everything, then feel free to check the “Accept the terms of the license agreement” checkbox and click the “Next” button.
In the next window, the Installation Wizard will prompt you to select a folder to install the program. Usually, the Installation Wizard itself automatically selects a location on the “C” drive in the “Program Files” folder, but if you wish, you can change this setting and select another folder by clicking on the “Browse” button and selecting the desired folder in the list. The easiest way is to trust the Installation Wizard and leave the default folder selected - this way you will know that all programs are in one place and you won’t need to search for them all over your computer later.
When we download free programs from the Internet, they very often try to install additional, often completely unnecessary, applications along with the downloaded program. Carefully read the text that appears in the Installation Wizard windows and when it prompts you to install something else, uncheck all the unnecessary boxes and click the “Next” button.
The Installation Wizard will also prompt you to create a shortcut for the new program on the Desktop or pin the shortcut to the Start menu. If you need such labels, then check the boxes next to these positions; if not, remove the check boxes.
The installation wizard has received the basic conditions from you, so now it offers you to go directly to the installation itself. Click the “Install” button.
Tracks appear in the new window and are gradually filled with color - this is the process of installing the program. The necessary files are copied and placed in folders on your computer.
As soon as everything you need is installed on your computer, a new window appears notifying you that the installation is complete. In this window there is a checkbox “Run…” - if you need to launch a new program immediately, then leave this checkbox. Next, click the “Finish” or “Done” button.
A shortcut to your new program appears on the Desktop (if you did not uncheck the “Create a shortcut on the Desktop” checkbox in one of the previous steps).
Here we have described the basic steps for installing a new program, which are present in most such cases. But there are times when the Installation Wizard may ask for additional information, such as choosing a language or entering license keys. These additional windows should not scare you, since carefully reading the text in the appearing windows will allow you to intuitively understand the meaning of these requests and make the right decision.