Install the Customized Version of Firefox for NExpress

  1. Download KohaFirefox (For NExpress staff users only) (Save File, not Run or Open with)
  2. Find where you downloaded the file to (usually it’s your desktop or your downloads folder). Right-click the file, and select “Extract All”
  3. Click through the wizard. You do not need to change the default settings.
  4. Click Finish.
  5. Double click the icon “Install Koha Firefox (OS)” for your OS(Win XP or Win 7. Vista users should use the Win 7 versions of files).1
    1. On Windows 7, you will also need to right click the “Install Shortcut (Win 7)” icon, and choose “Run as Administrator”
    2. Click on Yes when it asks if you want to run this file as an Administrator.
  6. Make sure your receipt printer is named “Receipt Printer”
    1. Click Start
    2. Click Printers and Faxes
    3. If your receipt printer is named “Receipt Printer” do nothing, you’re set.
    4. If your receipt printer is not named “Receipt Printer” — Right click the receipt printer, select “rename” and type in “Receipt Printer”
  7. Open Koha Firefox by double clicking the K icon on your desktop.
  8. The first time you launch it on each computer, you will see this message: Open File — Security Warning. Before clicking Open, please uncheck the box “Always ask before opening this file.” The message should never appear again.
  9. Delete the folder and zip file from your desktop (optional)

1 If there is no Koha link on the desktop after the installer is executed, then there might be a permissions issue in the folder containing the Koha installer. In this case try running the installer from a different folder such as C:/Temp/

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