This chapter explains how to install, license and remove the Easysoft ODBC-QuickBooks Desktop Driver on Windows.
The Windows installation can be carried out by anyone with local administrator privileges for the target machine.
There are three ways to obtain the Easysoft ODBC-QuickBooks Desktop Driver:
Choose Download from the Easysoft ODBC-QuickBooks Desktop Driver section of the web site and then choose the platform release that you require.
If you have not already done so, you will need to register at the web site to download Easysoft software.
Change to the pub/quickbooks subdirectory and then choose the platform release that you require.
The name of the Easysoft ODBC-QuickBooks Desktop Driver distribution file varies from platform to platform. The file name format is:
where x is the major version number, y is the minor version number and z is the build index, which is incremented when minor changes are made.
platform depends on the operating system distribution you require. File names may have this format:
| Select the highest release available for your platform within your licensed major version number (installing software with a different major version number requires a new Easysoft license). |
To continue, refer to the installation instructions for your platform:
Follow the on screen instructions.
To avoid rebooting your computer, the Easysoft ODBC-QuickBooks Desktop Driver installer prompts you when files that it needs to update are in use by another application or service. This frees the locked files and allows the installation to complete without a system restart.
On Windows Vista and later, the Easysoft ODBC-QuickBooks Desktop Driver installer uses the Restart Manager to locate the applications that are using files that need updating. These applications are displayed in the Files in Use dialog box. To avoid a system restart, choose Automatically close applications and attempt to restart them after setup is complete. The Easysoft ODBC-QuickBooks Desktop Driver installer then uses the Restart Manager to try to stop and restart each application or service in the list. If possible, the Restart Manager restores applications to the same state and with the same data that they were in before it shut them down.
On earlier versions of Windows, when the Files in Use dialog is displayed, manually shut down each application in the list and then click Retry to avoid a system restart.
The install program starts the Easysoft License Manager (documented in the Licensing Guide), because you cannot use the Easysoft ODBC-QuickBooks Desktop Driver until a license is obtained.
The following types of license are available:
1. Enter your contact details.
You MUST enter the Name, E-Mail Address and Company fields.
The Telephone and Facsimile fields are important if you require Easysoft to contact you by those methods.
The E-Mail Address MUST be the same as the address used to register and download from the Easysoft web site or you will be unable to obtain trial licenses.
You are asked for a license type.
3. For a trial license click Time Limited Trial and then click Next.
The License Manager asks what software you are licensing:
Select your required version of the Easysoft ODBC-QuickBooks Desktop Driver (Standard or Remote, for example) from the drop-down list and then click Next.
If you have obtained an authorization code for a purchased license, select Non-expiring License and then click Next.
The License Manager requests your authorization code.
Enter the authorization code and then click Next.
4. The License Manager displays a summary of the information you entered and allows you to choose the method of applying for your license.
5. Choose On-line Request if your machine is connected to the internet and can make outgoing connections to port 8884.
The License Manager then sends a request to the Easysoft license server to activate your license key automatically. This is the quickest method and results in your details being entered immediately into our support database. You can now go to step 6.
| Only your license request identifier and contact details as they are displayed in the main License Manager screen are sent to Easysoft. |
The remaining three options (Email Request, Print Request and View Request) are all ways to obtain a license if your machine is off-line (i.e. does not have a connection to the internet).
Each of these methods involves providing Easysoft with information including your machine number (a number unique to your machine) and then waiting to receive your license key.
Instead of emailing your details to Easysoft, you can enter them directly at the Easysoft web site and your license key will be emailed to you automatically.
To use this method, click View Request, and then visit:
In the Licensing page, enter your machine number (and authorization code for purchased license), click Submit and your license key will be emailed to you
| You can copy your machine number from the View Request dialog box using CTRL-C and then paste it into the License Generator by using CTRL-V. |
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When you receive the license key, you can activate it either by double-clicking the email attachment or by clicking Enter License on the License Manager main screen and pasting the license key into the dialog box.
6. A message tells you how many licenses have been added.
| If you use the Email Request option, the license key is emailed to the email address as displayed on the License Manager screen, not the from: address of your email. |
For more information about the licensing procedure refer to the Licensing Guide.
7. Click Finish in the License Manager.
The installer can repair a broken Easysoft ODBC-QuickBooks Desktop Driver installation. For example, you can use the installer to restore missing Easysoft ODBC-QuickBooks Desktop Driver files or registry keys.
In Windows Vista and later versions of Windows:
1. In Control Panel, open Programs and Features.
2. Right-click Easysoft ODBC-QuickBooks Desktop Driver, and then click Repair.
In earlier versions of Windows:
1. In Control Panel, open Add or Remove Programs.
2. Select Easysoft ODBC-QuickBooks Desktop Driver and click Change/Remove.
This section explains how to remove the Easysoft ODBC-QuickBooks Desktop Driver from your system.
Easysoft ODBC-QuickBooks Desktop Driver data sources are not removed when you uninstall. You therefore do not need to recreate your Easysoft ODBC-QuickBooks Desktop Driver data sources if you reinstall or upgrade. If you do not want to keep your Easysoft ODBC-QuickBooks Desktop Driver data sources, use ODBC Administrator to remove them, before uninstalling the Easysoft ODBC-QuickBooks Desktop Driver.
1. In the Windows Run dialog box, type:
%windir%\syswow64\odbcad32.exe
2. Select the data source in the ODBC Administrator and click the Remove button.
In Windows Vista and later versions of Windows:
1. In Control Panel, open Programs and Features.
2. Double-click Easysoft ODBC-QuickBooks Desktop Driver.
In earlier versions of Windows:
1. In Control Panel, open Add or Remove Programs.
2. Select Easysoft ODBC-QuickBooks Desktop Driver and click Change/Remove.
The uninstall process is complete.
Any licenses you obtained for the Easysoft ODBC-QuickBooks Desktop Driver and other Easysoft products are held in the Windows registry.
When you uninstall, your licenses are not removed so you do not need to relicense the product if you reinstall or upgrade.
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