[chirp_users] Trouble loading Chirp on a laptop

[Dennis Wage]

That's because you just finished installing it. Now you have to start the
program.

Hit the Windows key. Type 'chirp' and start the program.
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Dennis M. Wage (W9BOQ)

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On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 1:26 PM Scott Raines <TRUCK28ENG at live.com> wrote:

> Well Sir,
> I most certainly appreciate you trying to help me here. I see there is an
> attached file to your email. Well, if I click  on that, I get a blank page,
> that’s it. So, not sure what you might have been trying to display there.
> As for the rest of your instructions to load Chirp, same thing. I get to a
> point where, I  click on the highlighted section of “windows installer exe.
> then, the next screen has the smaller box that asks if I want to install
> it. I do and, click install. And, as usual, the green graph goes across the
> top of that text box and when the graph is complete, the only thing I can
> click on is “close”. When I click close, THAT’S IT. There is no other
> screens that pop up for further instructions, no direction to anyplace,
> etc. Chirp is still not loaded. Thanks again, I’ll keep trying.
> Scott
>
> Sent from Windows Mail
>
> *From:* Anthony Crespo <ajcscan at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* ‎Saturday‎, ‎February‎ ‎9‎, ‎2019 ‎6‎:‎20‎ ‎AM
> *To:* chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com
>
> this link takes me nowhere? file 404 not found
>
> On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 12:11 AM D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello Scott,
>>
>> Here is the link to download the latest CHIRP.
>>
>> https://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_daily/LATEST/chirp-daily-20190206-installer.exe
>>
>> Paste that into your browser, and then press ENTER.
>>
>> Hopefully your browser will ask you what to do with the file
>> chirp-daily-20190206-installer.exe -- the answer is you want to SAVE
>> AS.  I put my download files in a folder called "Downloads".
>>
>> Note:  CHIRP runs on Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, and 10. Older
>> versions of Windows are not supported
>>
>>
>> When it is finished saving, using Windows Explorer (the file explorer)
>> go to Downloads, and find chirp-daily-20190206-installer.exe.  Select
>> it with the mouse arrow, then use the right mouse button and click the
>> button and there will be a menu, you want to use "Open As
>> Administrator".  Open or Run is the same meaning so if it says "Run As
>> Administrator" that's OK - I just cannot remember which it says. Click
>> Open (or Run) as administrator with the left mouse button.
>>
>> Follow the prompts and install CHIRP.
>>
>> Here is the page on problems with Drivers under Windows - if you have
>> the cable sold by your radio maker's company, you won't have a problem
>> but "cheap" cables often are counterfeit.
>> http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php
>>
>> This page will help you find which COM port your cable is hooked up to:
>> https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/FAQ  Under Windows you
>> need to use Device Manager.  How to is on this page.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> 73
>> David N1EA
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>
>
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> Anthony Crespo
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