After you click, you'll be asked: Do you want to RUN or SAVE this file? Click RUN, and then click RUN again when asked to confirm the choice. Soon this dialogue box will appear:

To install on your computer, click UNZIP. Then to start the program, click the LogiCola cola-can icon on your desktop or on your Start-menu program list. Pick this option if you want to use LogiCola just on your computer.

To install on a flash drive, plug in your flash drive, click BROWSE, highlight the flash drive (look for something like "Brand-X flash disk (E:)"), and click OK. Then click UNZIP. Then to start the program, open your flash drive using MY COMPUTER and click the Run or LogiCola cola-can icons. Pick this option if you want to use LogiCola on various computers.

INSTALLING TO FLOPPY DISK: The above version of the program is too big to fit on a floppy. If you want to install a smaller version (without various supporting documents) on a floppy disk, insert your disk in drive A, CLICK HERE, and then click RUN, RUN, and UNZIP. If you use a floppy disk, realize that it is far slower and less reliable than flash drives.

UPDATING THE PROGRAM: If I release a new version of LogiCola, then you can repeat the process described above to update your copy of the program; this won't erase your scores.

SCORE-PROCESSING PROGRAM: To download the 6 November 2007 version of the score-processing program, click here. I suggest you turn on AUTORECORD and have students insert their flash drives and floppy disks themselves (I use a USB floppy drive on an extension cord and two additional USB extension cords for flash drives); I call their names when they show up on the screen (indicating that their scores have been recorded) and this tells the students when they can remove their disks. AUTORECORD automatically records scores from all folders of inserted flash drives and floppies.

ERROR MESSAGES WHEN RUNNING LOGICOLA: If trying to run LogiCola in Windows gives you an error message (perhaps mentioning 16-bit programs), then it may be that you have "allow 16-bit Windows programs" turned off on your computer. To fix this (and permit LogiCola to run), you have to go to CONTROL PANEL and fiddle a bit. Pick administrative tools, group policies, local computer policy, user configuration [computer configuration?], administrative templates, Windows components, application compatibility, and find PREVENT ACCESS TO 16-BIT APPLICATIONS: click DISABLED and then OK. Or go to this site and follow the directions (one student had success with method 2).

LOGICOLA FOR MAC: This version of LogiCola won't run on recent Macs unless you have a Windows emulator. I may do a Mac version later, after I do a 32-bit Windows version.