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Install Scheduled Archive

Follow these guidelines when installing a Scheduled Archive

Activating the installation wizard

Follow the steps below for installing Scheduled Archive on Microsoft Windows.

  1. In Windows Explorer, create a Project folder location that you will be using as your Scheduled Archive Project folder.  
  2. Double-click on the Aconex Archive .exe file. (The .exe is available to download here). Once downloaded it can usually be found in the Downloads folder on your computer.

Please ensure that you have sufficient memory available on your PC before you begin. You may need Administrator privileges to run the program.

Completing the installation wizard

  1. Click the Next button.
  2. Read the license agreement, and, if you accept the terms, select I accept the terms of this license agreement.
  3. Click the Next button.
  1. Select a location of the Project Folder you created – see above, this is where you will be downloading your Archive.
  1. You can choose to store your project files in a separate location; recommended to optimise performance over network access. Click the checkbox if you wish to do this.

If you have selected network storage you will need to select the destination folder.

  1. Click Run to begin the setup process.

The Archive setup will begin. The progress will be shown as a green bar, you can click the Show details button for further information on the progress.

After a short while, the following popup will be displayed.

If you see the following Permissions Dialog, click the Yes button to continue.

Your default browser will open. You may get the following error - Simply click the Advanced button.

Next, click the Proceed to localhost (unsafe) link. It is perfectly safe to continue.

  1. Your Instance will automatically be selected after entering your Lobby account credentials.

Note: You may see the following error if you are unable to connect to the internet: Unable to verify internet access, please use proxy configuration if required.

If so, click Use network proxy and enter your proxy details in the form provided. Then click Set Proxy.

Note: The Proxy server address can be a Proxy name or IP address.

  1. Enter your Lobby login details and click Sign in to continue.
  1. Choose the Scheduled Archive project you wish to use from the dropdown list. If required, enable Email notifications. You can also create shortcuts from the Desktop and Start Menu, click the checkboxes to do so.

    Click Download.

A helpful popup will appear as a reminder for the next step. Update the Default Schedule Time if required. Click Confirm to dismiss.

  1. Click the windows shield icon in the taskbar at the bottom of the page. Then select Yes to continue.

11. Your Archive will now begin the download process.

12. When your download reaches 100%, click OK to continue to the Scheduled Archive Dashboard page.
 

From the main dashboard area you can access Documents, Mails, and Settings from the main menu at the top left of the screen The Update button will allow you to download the remainder of your data.

Note – this is in 50,000 document segments.

Congratulations you've successfully installed Scheduled Archive.

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