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Installing Modo on Windows

To install Modo on Windows, see either:

• Installing Modo with the User Interface (UI), or

• Installing Modo from the Command Line.

Installing Modo with the User Interface (UI)

To install Modo using the default UI, do the following:

1.   Download the correct .zip installation file from our website at www.thefoundry.co.uk.

A zipped folder is installed to your preferred download location.

2.   Double-click on the file in the installed folder to install Modo.
3.   Follow the on-screen instructions in the MODO Setup dialog.

By default, Modo is installed to drive letter:\Program Files\Luxology\modo\902.

4.   Proceed to Launching Modo on Windows.

Installing Modo from the Command Line

To install Modo from the command line, do the following:

1.   Download the correct .zip installation file from our website at www.thefoundry.co.uk.

A zipped folder is installed to your preferred download location.

2.   Extract the file to a preferred location on your machine.

A folder with the .exe file is created in that location.

3.   Open a command prompt window, by selecting Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt.
4.   Use the cd (change directory) command to move to the directory where you saved the installation file. For example, if you saved the installation file in C:\Temp, use the following command and press Return:

cd \Temp

5.   To install Modo, do one of the following:

• To install Modo to the current directory and display the installation dialog, type the name of the install file without the file extension and press Return:

MODO_902_<SP#>

• To install Modo to a specified directory and display the installation dialog, use the /dir install option:

MODO_902_<SP#> /dir=“C:\Modo”