New install

To install epiCentre for the first time on a computer:

1. If this is the first install at a service (as in, no one else has ever had epiCentre installed there before), determine how you're going to set up the database
   1. If epiCentre will setup the database for you, proceed with the steps below
   2. If you want to setup the database via scripts, please go to the scripts instructions page before continuing with the steps on this page
2. Please ensure that you have .Net Framework 4.6 or higher installed before attempting to run the epiCentre installation. Any computer with Windows 10 will have it installed by default
3. Go to the epiCentre download page
4. Click on the Download button
   1. This will start the download of the latest version of epiCentre
5. After the download is completed, unzip the file
6. Run the setup.exe file and follow the instruction it provides
   1. Older versions may have to uninstalled before you can successfully run the setup file
7. If you've already setup the database via scripts, please return to the scripts instructions page and continue following the directions
8. If you plan on using the Database Configuration Wizard to create your database, please go to the related knowledge base page and continue following the directions
9. If the database has already been created and configured, copy the configuration file from an existing installation to the computer of the new installation
   1. By default, the file is located at C:\epiCentre and will be named epiCentre.config