March 9, 2010

Connexion Software and Windows 7

If you read the title of this post and thought "what is connexion?" you can stop reading now as this doesn't relate to you.

For those of you who use OCLC Connexion software for cataloging -- I got this email from our OCLC network, LYRASIS (formerly NELINET). We haven't switched to Windows 7 so I don't know if it presents issues or not, but if you are moving forward with that transition this info may be helpful.

Some libraries are starting to move their staff to Windows 7 and we at LYRASIS are starting to get questions about how to make the OCLC Connexion Client work with Windows 7.

If you are either getting a new computer with Windows 7 or having your computer upgraded, here is important information to help you make a successful transition of your OCLC Connexion Client to Windows 7.


#1 - TO MAKE CONNEXION CLIENT WORK WITH WINDOWS 7
Follow OCLC
directions for Windows Vista in OCLC Connexion Client “Getting
Started”


FROM “Getting Started”
http://www.oclc.org/us/en/support/documentation/connexion/client/gettingstarted/gettingstarted/
The
client does not run in native 64-bit versions of Windows, but it does run in a
32-bit virtual session inside a 64-bit operating system. If you want to run the
client using a 64-bit Windows operating system, you can download:
VMware
Player at http://www.vmware.com/products/player
Or
Virtual PC at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=04D26402-3199-48A3-AFA2-2DC0B40A73B6&displaylang=en
Either of these downloads allows you to run a 32-bit version of Windows XP
or Vista inside 64-bit Windows XP or 64-bit Windows Vista.
**Another
alternative is to run the 32 bit version of Windows 7 instead of the 64 bit
version and then the Client will run.

#2 - LOCAL DATA FILES IN
WINDOWS 7/VISTA
Don’t forget to copy your local save files and configuration
files before you give up your old computer so you can put them on your new
computer or operating system.
In Windows XP the files are located
at:

X:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\Application
Data\OCLC\Connex\Db

In Windows 7 or Vista you will need to copy
them to:
X:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Roaming
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