Getting started
The following subsections explain how to perform many of the common operations typical customers want
to use. Detailed explanations about the user interface can be found in the User Interface section.
Launch HIARCS Chess Explorer
Once HIARCS Chess Explorer is installed you will have three possible ways of starting it:
1. Use the desktop launch icon (if you chose to install it) - clicking the icon will launch the application
2. On the Start menu you will find the HIARCS Chess->HIARCS Chess Explorer menu item which will
launch the application.
3. If you have any PGN database files, HIARCS Chess Explorer is set on installation as the default
application to open these files. Therefore you can double click PGN files to launch HIARCS Chess
Explorer with that PGN database loaded.
Please note some applications may change t he default application to open your PGN database files. If
HIARCS Chess Explorer is not the default application for the PGN file type you can set it as explained in
the Open PGNs with section.
Open PGNs with
On installation HIARCS Chess Explorer is set as the default application to open PGN database files. If
HIARCS Chess Explorer is not the default application for the PGN file type you can set it by right clicking on
a PGN file in Windows Explorer and selecting properties when you will see the following dialog:
You will see the line beginning "Opens with", if that does not say HIARCS Chess Explorer you can click
Change... and change the default application to open your PGN databases.
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