NewzCrawler Release Notes
What's New in NewzCrawler 1.8
Version 1.8 has a very large list of new features, changes and bug fixes. The detailed what's new list is available here.
Downloading and Installing
Before downloading and installing, make sure your computer meets the system requirements.
To get NewzCrawler 1.8, download it here.
Once you have downloaded NewzCrawler, unzip it using any zip-supporting archiver (WinZip for example) to any suitable folder and double-click setup.exe installer to start the installer. Follow the installation program directions to complete the installation.
Upgrading from previous versions
Upgrading to NewzCrawler 1.8 is copletely free if you're a registered user of any previous version.
If you're using any previous version install NewzCrawler 1.8 in the same folder. All your channels and blog client settings will stay intact.
When you start NewzCrawler 1.8 for the first time a database upgrading tool will be started in order to upgrade your database to version 1.8.
We strongly recommend you to make a backup copy of your database before upgrading. To do this just select the appropriate option in the database upgrading tool.
Upgrading from 1.8 beta versions
If you're using 1.8 beta versions then you should do the following in order to upgrade properly:
- Install NewzCrawler 1.8 and start it.
- Choose Tools | Preferences menu, select Appearance\Style tab on the left and click the Open Styles Folder button.
- Click Up button twice in order to move two levels up in the displayed folders structure.
- Locate Templates folders and delete it.
- Restart NewzCrawler.
Known Issues
NewzCrawler requires administrator privileges in order to install on your system properly.
You may get error when installing the RSS Autodiscovery plugin for Internet Explorer if you keep running Internet Explorer during installation .
Some firewall software may silently block NewzCrawler from updating its channels. Most firewalls will ask you whether to allow a program to connect to the Internet. It's important that you always grant NewzCrawler access.
