Notes® installation on Microsoft™ Windows™ supports single user install and multi-user install. Multi-user install does not support install or upgrade of the Domino® Designer of Domino Administrator client.

Before you begin

See the related topic on considerations for installing before proceeding.

About this task

This procedure uses the installation executable supplied in the Notes installation kit. For deploying an install or upgrade silently or by way of Smart Upgrade to multiple users, see the related topics.

Procedure

1. Shut down all applications.

2. Obtain the Notes installation kit.

3. Uninstall any Notes Beta installations.

Note: If you are installing or upgrading Notes on Windows Vista, see the Windows Vista: Considerations for Notes install and upgrade topic in this guide before proceeding.

5. Navigate to the folder in which you saved the installation kit.

6. Locate and run the setup.exe installation executable.

Note: If a user has the environment variables USERPROFILE, HOMEDRIVE, or HOMEPATH set to a network share, you must use special command line parameters to ensure that all data directories are installed locally.

8. Read and accept the license agreement terms and click Next.

9. Accept the default install directory or specify a different directory installation directory, choose Multi-user Install, and click Next.

10. Select the features to install and click Next.

• HCL Connections -- Select this to install the Connections feature. A Connections server is required to use this feature.
• Composite Application Editor -- Select this to install the Composite Application Editor for use with composite applications.
• HCL Sametime® (integrated) -- Select this to install basic Sametime capabilities such as chat and live names. A Sametime server is required to use this feature.

12. Accept Notes as the default mail, calendar, and contacts programs, read the preview screen, and click Install.

13. When installation is complete, read the summary screen and click Finish to exit the installation wizard and start Notes.

The installation program creates new shortcut icons on your desktop.

If this is a new install, respond to the configuration wizard prompts.

Related concepts
Planning your Notes client deployment
Considerations for installing and upgrading Notes on Windows
Notes installation directories for Windows
Automating a customized or default Notes deployment using silent install
Managing client plug-in deployment
Installing a non-English version of Notes
Installing Notes spelling dictionaries
Uninstalling Notes from a Windows client

Related tasks
Windows Vista considerations for Notes install, upgrade, and uninstall
Specifying custom data directories for multi-user install or upgrade
Performing a Notes silent install or upgrade on Windows
Installing and upgrading Notes on Windows for single user
Upgrading from Notes single user to Notes multi-user
Customizing a Notes install kit to set certifier and trust defaults
Customizing Notes install for features and plug-ins on Windows and Mac

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