Installing Free Basic on Windows 10

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mjaa54
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Installing Free Basic on Windows 10

Post by mjaa54 »

Hello. Please advise me how to download and run FB on windows 10. I have tried to download a couple of times but won't open after download.
Thanks in advance!

Mark
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Re: Installing Free Basic on Windows 10

Post by fxm »

Hello.
Welcome to the forum.

At first, see viewtopic.php?f=2&t=14903
You can also read the 'readme.txt' file (in the root directory of the downloaded file) which has been most recently updated.
MrSwiss
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Re: Installing Free Basic on Windows 10

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Another approach is, to get Installation Instructions from the FB-Documentation (online).

Also, check on: FreeBASIC Requirements ... (OS dependent prerequisites).
chikega
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Re: Installing Free Basic on Windows 10

Post by chikega »

I also was unable to get the FreeBasic installer to run on my desktop also, even in Administrator mode. I would only see the installer flash briefly. I finally circumvented it by downloading Paul Squires' WinFBE on Github which installed the IDE as well as the FreeBasic compilers with no fuss. I had to configure the paths for the 32 and 64-bit compilers in WinFBE, but have successfully compiled and run several of the example files.

Cheers,

Gary
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