Downloading and Installing RevMan

To download the full RevMan 4.2 for Windows (file size approximately 8 MB) to your hard drive, click on the link below and save the file "revman42.exe" to you harddisk. If you just need to upgrade, see here.

Attention Windows XP/Vista users: Please note the information under 'Installation and user rights' below!

Download version 4.2.10

Installing

When the download is complete, locate and run the file "revman42.exe" to install.

Installation and user rights <- VISTA USERS READ THIS

RevMan 4.2 requires that the user running the program has full access (read and write) to the data folder (default 'C:\Program Files\RevMan 4.2\data\') and its subfolders (e.g. 'ddbackup').

There are multiple ways to achieve this. We will list three below. If you need help doing this, or don't have Administrator access to your computer, contact your local IT support.

• Use an Administrator account to give the standard user full access to the data folder and its subfolders by opening the Properties for the 'data' folder and making the necessary adjustments on the Security tab.
• Vista has a feature called Virtual Store that lets standard users run older software by automatically creating a copy of the data files for that user. This seems to be working fine, but has not been thoroughly tested. Using this feature requires no special configuration, but Vista's User Account Control (UAC) must not have been turned off.
• A third option is using 'Windows XP compatibility mode', but using this requires knowledge of the Administrator password for the PC, and entering it every time you start RevMan. To enable this, open the RevMan shortcut's Properties, go to the Compatibility tab, and choose 'Windows XP' from the list of compatibility modes.

We're sorry for any problems you may have getting RevMan to work on Vista (or XP), but RevMan 4 was designed at a time when people usually had full access rights to their computers. RevMan 5 - to be released later this year - will be designed to run smoothly on major platforms.

Upgrading from an earlier version than 4.2

The installation program will search for previous versions of RevMan on your hard disk and - if it finds one - suggest this directory for installation. You can either:

• Install in the suggested directory. Existing reviews will NOT be overwritten. Afterwards you should delete any old RevMan icons on your desktop
• Install RevMan 4.2 in a new directory (use the Browse button). You will have to export your reviews from the old version and import them into the new version afterwards

There is more information in the release notes.

Upgrading from RevMan 4.2 - 4.2.9 to 4.2.10

A patch (1.4 MB) for upgrading RevMan 4.2 to 4.2.10 is available here. Open the file from its current location or save the file on your harddisk and run it from there. Make sure to install the patch in the same directory as RevMan 4.2. If the installation program suggests a directory with another version, you need to browse to the right one.

RevMan 4.2.10 on floppy disks

A full set of installation files for floopy disks can be downloaded here:
Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 Disk 5 Disk 6
You can also use this set of files if your internet connection is slow and you prefer to download RevMan in smaller chunks.

Running RevMan on a non-Windows operating system

RevMan is only avaliable for Windows operating systems. On other platforms the only option for running RevMan is to use Windows emulation software, e.g. Virtual PC. RevMan 5 will be available for both Mac OS and Linux.