Installation Tips
Vista & Windows 7
Historically the default installation directory for ddj products has been the
\Program Files directory (e.g.
c:\Program Files\DedicatedDJ\ddj). Vista and
Windows 7 now protect this directory and discourages user data in the entire
directory. Since various Dedicated DJ applications work cooperatively
and share data it is important to make data sharing seamless and easy to
understand.
We believe that the
least problematic Vista/Win 7 installation
approach is to do the default intallation of any ddj music products (i.e.
ddj Suite,
Crawler and
iTunes2ddj, Light Boogie, etc) and then copy the
\ddj directory to another non-protected area. Examples of this would be your personal \Users directory\ddj or
one of your creation such as "D:\MyAps\ddj".
Note that after copying to the new directory you wiil need to update your
shortcuts.
Database
Most ddj music products share a common database. This database is named
dj.mdb and is located in your installation directory.
This single database contains all your music references (not the actual
music) and settings. In short, it contains all of your hard work so be sure
to back it up particularly when installing new updates
Microsoft
The Microsoft .NET framework is used in many ddj products. On installation
Microsoft will update this framework as is necessary. While an internet
connection is recommended for this automatic update, it can be quite slow and
if multiple computers are being updated it may be desirable to download the
framework (.NET 3.51) for quicker installations.
Download & Install
The installation download is a zip file containing two or more files. To
install select
setup.exe. It is not usually necessary to unzip the
contents of the zip file for installation. Default installation has
historically been in the Program Files\DedicatedDJ\ directory. If
prompted to remove a previous version ofl ddj_Lighting, first backup your xml
directory.
