RaceRender 3 Installation Folders
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Whenever possible, you should use the standard RaceRender installer. However, some system 
configurations may not work with this or other installers. In that case, this file contains 
the steps to install it manually.

The RaceRender product is Copyright (C) 2016 RaceRender LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Subject to the terms of the License Agreement contained in License.txt


Microsoft Windows
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There are two installation folders that need to be setup:

1) Go to the user's main "My Documents" or "Documents" folder.

  a) Move the "RaceRender 3" folder into that.
  b) The resulting directory structure should look like this:

     My Documents
         RaceRender 3
             Images
             Styles
             Templates
             Video Positions


2) If you are on a 64-bit version of Windows, go to the "Program Files (x86)" folder.
   If you are on a 32-bit version of Windows, go to the "Program Files" folder.

   a) Create a "RaceRender3" subfolder within it.
   b) Move all of the remaining files (.exe and .dll files) and the "docs" folder into that.
   c) Right-click on RaceReg3 program (.exe file), and select "Run as Administrator".
   d) Right-click on the RaceRender3 program (.exe file), and select "Copy".
   e) Go to your desktop, right-click in an open area, and select "Paste shortcut".
   f) You can now run RaceRender by double-clicking on that shortcut on your desktop.



Apple macOS
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There are two installation folders that need to be setup:

1) Go to the user's main "Documents" folder.

  a) Move the "RaceRender 3" folder into that.
  b) The resulting directory structure should look like this:

     Documents
         RaceRender 3
             Images
             Styles
             Templates
             Video Positions


2) Move the "RaceRender 3" app into your system's main "Applications" folder.

  a) It should now appear in your Launchpad, and can be run from there.

