How do I Install Winboard? Should I uninstall the older version when upgrading?
Just run the execute file, and the Winboard setup should do the rest. Winboard comes pre-installed with GNUChess4.0 and GNUChess 5.02. When upgrading you can uninstall the older version using Start | Settings | Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs or Start | Programs | WinBoard | Uninstall WinBoard. But normally there is no need to uninstall the older version, as you can just install the new one in the old place. This is because unlike other programs you don’t need to worry much about messing up the Registry. See below. Tim Mann writes “Winboard when installing adds only minimal changes to the Windows registry. It adds WinBoard to the list in Start | Settings | Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs, so that you can easily uninstall it. If you say ‘yes’ when asked if you want WinBoard to be your viewer for PGN and FEN files, it registers it as such.
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