Installation Guide - StephenWitherden/Placeless GitHub Wiki

Download the latest version for your operating system here:

https://github.com/StephenWitherden/Placeless/releases

Please note that at the moment, I only have builds for 64 bit Windows operating systems. (Windows 7 and above).

Unzip the files and run setup.exe, this will start the installation wizard. Follow the wizard instructions as per usual.

Note that the installation wizard may detect that you don't have LocalDb installed. This is a prerequisite required for the system to run. It will automatically download and install LocalDb, as well as .Net Framework 4.6.1.

First time execution

First time you run the application, it will detect the need to set up the database.

Please select the location you want to store the database and photos in. I recommend you set this up in your documents directory, attached to your user information.

Click "Next" The application will automatically set up the database. This is the point at which you could receive an error if your system doesn't have LocalDb set up properly or if there is some unexpected database issue. Please log an issue against this repository.

Optionally: If you want to index photos on your file system, specify the directories your photos reside in. You only need to provide the root folder.

For example, if your photos are in "c:\Users\name\Pictures\a" and "c:\Users\name\Pictures\b", you only need to specify "c:\Users\name\Pictures".

If you need to include multiple roots, include them on separate lines. You can also use UNC paths (e.g. "\computer\share\path\to\files").

Once you have completed the wizard, the system will be ready for use, see: First Use Guide.