Instructions
Step 1
Using your web browser of choice e.g. Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, etc, type http://www.wincan.com in the address bar of your browser.
This will take you to the Wincan website
Step 2
Once your on the Wincan website click on “Downloads” (1)
Step 3
This will take you to the “Downloads” section, here you can download the latest version of WINCANVX.
The download at the top of the page contains the slightly older, but STABLE version of WINCANVX, please look out for text stating “stable build” (1) if you are unsure which version, you are about to download.
The second download, directly underneath the stable version is the newest release of WINCANVX that may contain development bugs.
Scroll down until you see “Download” (2) and click on it.
Step 4
After clicking on “download” depending on your web browser you may receive a downloading notification towards the bottom left of your web browser (1)
If this does not appear for you, please hold CTRL and press J on your keyboard, for most web browsers, this will take you to your browsers downloads section (2)
Please wait for it to finish downloading, then click on the download to open it.
WINCANVX will download as a ZIP folder which needs to be extracted before installation, if your computer does not have a ZIP application like WinRAR, windows has a built in ZIP extractor. Simply open the zipped file (3) click on “Extract all” (4) and select where you would like the application to be extracted to.
Step 5
Once the file is extracted double click WincanVXsetup to install WINCANVX
If the following blue box appears, please click on “more info” (1) then select “run anyway” (2)
If “Do you want to allow this app from an unknown publisher to make changes to your device?” pops up, please click on yes.
Step 6
Once the Wincan VX setup pops up, please go through the final part of the installation process, click next, make sure “agree to the terms of the license agreement” is selected.
Then click next again, untick all in the options in this section then click next.
then click next once more to start the installation.
The installation process will now commence, this can take a few minutes to complete.
The installer will also show you additional components it will install.
Once installation is complete the following box will appear, click on finish to complete the install.
You can open WINCANVX by clicking on the start button towards to bottom left of your screen (1) then either scroll down until you see folder called “WinCan VX” (2) then click on “WinCan VX” (3)
Please give the application time to load.
During the first launch, the application will ask for your license to be applied.
Step 7
Once the application has opened you can restore a backup by clicking on tools towards the top left of the screen (1) then click on restore (2) then you have the option to either restore via “restore from file” or “restore from web cloud”.
