Typical Installation

Typical installation selects all default features for installation. Features are defined as the specific functions of a program. See Feature Selection for a list of default features. You can customize Personal Communications features by selecting the custom installation option (see Custom Installation).

To start a typical installation, click Next in the installation type panel. A panel appears, indicating that Personal Communications is computing the disk space requirements.

Note: Once the installation has passed this point, you cannot change the installation type. You would then need to cancel the installation on the Application Data panel, and begin a new installation.

To continue with the typical installation, use the following installation procedure.

The Application Data Location dialog opens. Select from the following application data location options:

User's application data folder ([UserProfile]\Application Data)
All users' common application data folder (All Users\Application Data)
Classic private directory

Personal Communications uses multiple configuration files: user-class files can be stored individually by user profile, while system-class files are stored in a common location. Refer to Quick Beginnings for more information about user-class and system-class files and locations.

If the [UserProfile]\Application Data location is selected, the following profile paths are used:

Operating System	User-Class Directory (Current User)³	System-Class Directory
Windows Server 2003, XP	C:\Documents and Settings\ %USERNAME%\Application Data\IBM\Personal Communications	C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\IBM\Personal Communications
Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows server 2008	C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\IBM\Personal Communications	C:\ProgramData\IBM\Personal Communications

If the All Users\Application Data location is selected, the following profile paths are used:

Operating System	User-Class Directory (Current User)³	System-Class Directory
Windows Server 2003, XP	C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\IBM\Personal Communications	C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\IBM\Personal Communications
Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows server 2008	C:\ProgramData\IBM\Personal Communications	C:\ProgramData\IBM\Personal Communications

If the classic Private directory location is selected, the following profile paths are used:

Operating System	User-Class Directory (Current User)^{1, 2, 3}	System-Class Directory
Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008	C:\Program Files\IBM\Personal Communications\Private	C:\Program Files\IBM\Personal Communications\Private
¹If the User Preference Manager (UPM) was set to a directory other than the default directory, Personal Communications will utilize that directory to store the user–class files. System–class files are always stored in the Private directory. ²For the classic Private directory locations, `C:\Program Files\IBM\Personal Communications` is the drive where Personal Communications is installed. ³The FTP Client configuration files are stored in the profile path mentioned the above, under the FTP folder. Note: For installations on Windows x64 platforms, the directory path `Program Files` is replaced by `Program Files (x86)`.

Operating System

User-Class Directory (Current User)^{1, 2, 3}

System-Class Directory

Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008

C:\Program Files\IBM\Personal Communications\Private

¹If the User Preference Manager (UPM) was set to a directory other than the default directory, Personal Communications will utilize that directory to store the user–class files. System–class files are always stored in the Private directory.

²For the classic Private directory locations, C:\Program Files\IBM\Personal Communications is the drive where Personal Communications is installed.

³The FTP Client configuration files are stored in the profile path mentioned the above, under the FTP folder.

Note: For installations on Windows x64 platforms, the directory path Program Files is replaced by Program Files (x86).

After selecting your application data location, click Next to continue with the installation.

The Ready to Install the Program dialog opens. Click Back to change your previous settings, or click Cancel to terminate the installation process. Click Install to continue with installation.

The typical setup uses the C:\Program Files\IBM\Personal Communications directory for program installation.

Note: If there is not enough disk space on the C: drive, you are prompted to choose the custom installation setup type in order to choose an alternate installation destination.

After installation is complete, the Installation Complete dialog opens. Click Finish to exit the installation process.

After installation is complete, you are prompted to reboot the computer. You must reboot the computer before configuration changes take effect and you can use Personal Communications.

Note:

Typical installs the most common features for the applicable emulators.
Typical does not include CM Mouse or API sample programs.