J-Bird User's Guide (Version 0.5.2)

Launching J-Bird on Microsoft Windows

Shortcuts

If you requested shortcuts when you installed J-Bird, you can start J-Bird by clicking on the J-Bird shortcut either on the desktop or in Start -> Programs -> J-Bird.

Clicking on launch script

You can also run J-Bird by clicking on the appropriate launch script in the J-Bird folder/directory from the file system browser.

• Launch the file system browser by clicking on "My Computer" either on the Desktop (Win98/Me) or Start -> My Computer (XP).
• Navigate to the directory that contains J-Bird. If you accepted the defaults during the install, the directory is C:\Program Files\J-Bird.
• Double click on the file J-Bird.bat.

From a command prompt

J-Bird can be run from a command prompt.

• Launch a command window.
• Win XP - Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Command prompt
• Win 98 - Start -> Programs -> DOS
• Use the cd command to navigate to the directory in which J-Bird was installed. The default install directory is C:\Program Files\J-Bird.
• Run the command
  
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