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Step 1: Map network drive to the shared Windward folder on your server. We usually use the W drive for standardization purposes.
Step 2: Installing System Five: Download a copy of your System Five application by logging in to your myWindward account:
Step 3: Installing Pervasive: Download a copy of your Pervasive installer from the Pervasive website under Products and make sure you download the correct version according to your license: http://www.pervasive.com/database/Home
Step 4: If the current version of your System Five does not match the one that’s on the other computers, copy the bin contents from the server/main computer and overwrite the bin contents that you have in your local C drive. Note that the System Five installer from the ftp site is an old version. You might have version 6 running. You need to have the same version of System Five.
Step 5: Open your bin folder and look for a file named SystemFive.exe. Highlight, right click and send shortcut to your desktop (delete the old shortcut that automatically populated the desktop when you installed the System Five application earlier).
Step 6: On the desktop, double click on the System Five icon. This should take you to a page where you are asked to link. Please click on Link to new or existing workstation then click on Next. When you see the window where you can select a drive, click on the dropdown and select “W” (if you mapped to W earlier), otherwise, click on the drive that you mapped to. You should see the Windward folder. Double click the folder until you get to System Five » Data. Then click on Next until you reach Finish. You will have installed System Five successfully. Try logging in to make sure. The company box in the log in area should read something like this: W:\\Windward\System5\Data.