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• Softimage 3D for Windows NT, version 3.51

SUMMARY

The SOFTIMAGE 3D (SI3D) version 3.51 install program was written for Windows NT version 3.51, so when you install SI3D on NT 4.0 certain shortcuts must be modified in order to work properly. This should be done as Administrator, or a member of the Administrators group. The following procedure lists the affected shortcuts and the necessary modifications:

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1. Open Windows NT Explorer and select the drive where Windows NT is installed.

2. Select the USERS folder. Make sure there is a folder within USERS that has the same name as your username. (If you are logged on as Administrator, there should be a folder named administrator within the USERS folder.)

3. Open a series of folders to access the SI3D shortcuts. Start with the folder that contains Windows NT (usually WINNT), then open the following folders in this order: Profiles, All Users, Start Menu, Programs, and finally the Softimage v3.51 folder. The shortcuts that must be edited are in the Softimage folder.

4. To edit a shortcut right-click on it and in the Properties dialog box that appears, click the Shortcut tab.

• To the Edit LICENSE.DAT shortcut: Edit the "Target". Remove the quotes from around the target, and remove the C:\ before notepad.exe. Also make sure the "Start in" directory is C:\flexlm.
• To the Edit SETENV.BAT shortcut: Edit the "Target". Remove the quotes from around the target, and remove the C:\ before notepad.exe.
• To the SI3D 3.51 shortcut: Edit the "Start in" directory to C:\USERS\%username% (if Windows NT is installed on a different drive your USERS directory will also be on that drive). This ensures that newly created databases default to the USERS directory rather than inside the SI3D directory structure.

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