Installation



First Time Installation Instructions:
1) Download the .zip file and extract all the files to the same directory.
2) Try to run the program. If you get an error when trying to run the program:
  • And the error says "Component 'OWC10.DLL' or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid.", then perform step 4.
  • And the error says "Component 'MSCOMCT2.OCX' or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid.", then perform step 5.
  • And the error says something other than what was mentioned above, perform both steps 3 and 4, and 5 if you get the error message mentioned above at any point.
3) You probably need to install the Visual Basic 6 runtimes. You can download them from Microsoft's website via the following link: Visual Basic 6 Runtimes
4) Also, download and install the following from Microsoft's website: Office XP Web Components
5) Download this zip file. Extract the contents to the same folder that you have H2O in, and then the program should run without an error message.

Also note that you should create a separate folder for H2O. You should NOT run it straight from the .zip file. You should NOT constantly change the folder you try running it from. Because it saves files in the same location it runs from, if you change the location it runs from without moving those saves files to the new location, it will not be able to find the saved information.

If you have a previous version of the program already installed, simply extract all the files from the .zip file for the new version into the same directory the old version exists in. If it asks you if you want to overwrite any files, say "Yes to All."