Installation and New Features Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Before you begin
- About this guide
- Where to find FileMaker documentation
- Customer Support and Knowledge Base
- Product notifications
- About the license key
- Backing up your FileMaker Pro download
- Requirements for features
- Converting the trial version to the full version of FileMaker Pro
- Upgrading FileMaker Pro from a previous version
- Opening files from previous versions
- Automating the installation process
- Chapter 2 Installing FileMaker Pro in Windows
- Chapter 3 Installing FileMaker Pro in OS X
- Chapter 4 New features
- Chapter 5 Where to go from here
10 | Installing FileMaker Pro in Windows
Choosing to install 32- or 64-bit FileMaker Pro
If you are using a supported 32-bit version of Windows, you can install
only the 32-bit version of FileMaker
Pro.
On supported 64-bit versions of Windows, you can install either the 32-
or 64-bit version of FileMaker
Pro. You must install the 64-bit version of
FileMaker
Pro if you plan to use FileMaker Pro with a 64-bit version of
any of the following software:
1 an email application to send email from FileMaker Pro
1 FileMaker Pro plug-ins
1 ODBC client drivers for external SQL sources
1 audio/video codecs to play content in interactive containers
Otherwise, you can install the 32-bit version of FileMaker Pro.
Default installation locations
By default, FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Pro Advanced are installed in
one of the following folders.
1 On 32-bit Windows systems:
C:\Program Files\FileMaker\<FileMaker product>
1 On 64-bit Windows systems:
1 32-bit FileMaker Pro is installed in
C:\Program Files (x86)\FileMaker\<FileMaker product>
1 64-bit FileMaker Pro is installed in
C:\Program Files\FileMaker\<FileMaker product>
where <FileMaker product> is FileMaker Pro 15 or
FileMaker
Pro 15 Advanced. During the installation you can choose a
different drive or folder.