Installing Plug-in's
Download
The first step is to download the Plug-in application from the web. Do this by going to a site that distributes the program. For the latest version, try the vendor who developed the plug-in. Most of these are freely distributed.
Install
After you download the Plug-in to your computer, install the program. Detailed directions are usually given at the download site. These will vary for each program, but the general steps include:
- First look to see what type of file was downloaded.
- If the file is compressed (usually with a *.zip extension), you start by uncompressing the file. For more information about this, see PKUNZIP.
- If the file is a program (*.exe extension) you start by running the program. For some applications this step will automatically unzip the files, for other applications this will automatically install the software.
- If there is a program setup.exe (or install.exe) run this program to install the software.
- If none of these steps work, go back to the download site and read the directions.
More Information
More detailed information about Plug-in's
(about, downloading)
is available from Netscape.
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