Hard Drive install - 16bit
Install to your Hard Drive
Check whether you can see the disc in My Computer.
1. Create a folder on your computer titled, for example, GuitarCD
2. Double-click the CD's icon in My Computer, you'll now be able to see the files and folders on the disc.
3. Press Ctrl and A at the same time. This will select all the contents of our CD
4. Press Ctrl and C at the same time. This will copy all the contents of our CD
5. Go to the folder you created in step 1
6. Press Ctrl and V at the same time. This will paste the contents of the disc into this folder
7. Eject the CD and navigate to the setup.exe file in the folder you created in step 1.
8. If you're using Windows XP right-click the file and choose Properties, then in the window that opens click on the Compatibility tab, and select the Run this program in compatibility mode for: checkbox. In the drop-down list, select Windows 98 / Me. Then click OK.
9. Double-click the setup.exe to install.
10. If you can complete steps 1 to 9, but the installation fails, reboot your machine into Safe Mode by restarting and repeatedly pressing the F8 key until you are presented with a list of "Safe" modes into which you can start. Select the option Safe Mode. Once your computer is up and running in Safe Mode, navigate to the folder that you created in step 1 and double-click the setup.exe file. This should now install our software.
If you can't see the disc name in My Computer contact us directly at the email address at the bottom of this page, making sure to tell us which product you have.
As a last note, if, when running your product after following these instructions you see an error message such as
Error from title sequence 53 File not found:...
Something hasn't been written correctly to one of the information (.ini) files.
To fix this navigate to the program's folder on your PC and open the ini file by double-clicking it.
"Guitar Coach Key Skills" disc name is "GuitarCoach"
"Guitar Coach First Lessons" disc name is "GuitCFL"
"Electric Guitar Coach" disc name is "EGCoach"
If you can see the disc name in My Computer..."Guitar Coach First Lessons" disc name is "GuitCFL"
"Electric Guitar Coach" disc name is "EGCoach"
1. Create a folder on your computer titled, for example, GuitarCD
2. Double-click the CD's icon in My Computer, you'll now be able to see the files and folders on the disc.
3. Press Ctrl and A at the same time. This will select all the contents of our CD
4. Press Ctrl and C at the same time. This will copy all the contents of our CD
5. Go to the folder you created in step 1
6. Press Ctrl and V at the same time. This will paste the contents of the disc into this folder
7. Eject the CD and navigate to the setup.exe file in the folder you created in step 1.
8. If you're using Windows XP right-click the file and choose Properties, then in the window that opens click on the Compatibility tab, and select the Run this program in compatibility mode for: checkbox. In the drop-down list, select Windows 98 / Me. Then click OK.
9. Double-click the setup.exe to install.
10. If you can complete steps 1 to 9, but the installation fails, reboot your machine into Safe Mode by restarting and repeatedly pressing the F8 key until you are presented with a list of "Safe" modes into which you can start. Select the option Safe Mode. Once your computer is up and running in Safe Mode, navigate to the folder that you created in step 1 and double-click the setup.exe file. This should now install our software.
If you can't see the disc name in My Computer contact us directly at the email address at the bottom of this page, making sure to tell us which product you have.
As a last note, if, when running your product after following these instructions you see an error message such as
Error from title sequence 53 File not found:...
Something hasn't been written correctly to one of the information (.ini) files.
To fix this navigate to the program's folder on your PC and open the ini file by double-clicking it.
"Guitar Coach Key Skills" program folder is C:\CHARANGA\GCOACHA1
Its ini file is called GCOACHA1.INI
"Guitar Coach First Lessons" program folder is C:\CHARANGA\GCOACHA2
Its ini file is called GCA2.INI
"Electric Guitar Coach" program folder is C:\CHARANGA\GCOACHA4
Its ini file is called GCA4.INI
In this file you'll find two properties (backgrounddirectory and controlsdirectory). Enter a backslash \ before the a1g in the value area (the bit after the equals sign =) of both of these properties. Then save and close the ini file and run your program.Its ini file is called GCOACHA1.INI
"Guitar Coach First Lessons" program folder is C:\CHARANGA\GCOACHA2
Its ini file is called GCA2.INI
"Electric Guitar Coach" program folder is C:\CHARANGA\GCOACHA4
Its ini file is called GCA4.INI