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Getting Started User Guide
1. Installation
Download FreeWire from our site. You
will be downloading an "active installer", meaning that
your initial download is a small file (about 120Kb) that dynamically
downloads and installs the files you specify to be installed.
Please make sure you remain connected to the Internet while you
run FreeWire's installer. Once you've downloaded the "active
install" simply follow the instructions onscreen and FreeWire
and the Java Runtime Environment components needed to run it will
be downloaded and installed on the fly. Please note that the files
are several megabytes, and may take some time to download and
install.
2. Starting FreeWire
Once you've installed FreeWire successfully, go to your Start
Menu > FreeWire and run FreeWire, or double-click on the desktop
icon if you chose to create one. Note that FreeWire takes a few
seconds to load. This is because FreeWire is written in Java,
a programming language that allows cross-platform compatibility,
but requires a Java Runtime Environment to run in Windows. Java
programs take a few seconds to load, but once loaded will perform
as well or better than native-code programs.
3. Specify your Options
When you first run FreeWire, you will be prompted to choose a/multiple
location(s) for your shared files to be stored and to choose the
type of Internet connection you connect with. Also, you will be
given the option to allow FreeWire to quickly scan your hard drive
for media files that could be shared, and include them in Shared
folders. Entering this information is very important because it
allows FreeWire to connect you to the Gnutella network in the
fastest way possible, and allows you to keep tabs on where the
files you are sharing and downloading are.
4. Searching, Downloading, and
otherwise Using FreeWire
When FreeWire launches, you can type your search terms into the
Search Box. Note that it may take a few moments to connect to
the Gnutella network when you first launch the program. The "Search"
button will be unavailable until you are connected to the network.
Typically, the longer you run FreeWire the more Gnutella hosts
you connect to, thereby increasing the chance that your search
will yield quality results. Check out a visual breakdown of how
to use FreeWire, how its features work, and more in our Visual
Feature Guide.
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