Applies To
Express Software Manager version 6.0 and higher

Summary
Beginning with Express Software Manager 6.0, Express Metrix dropped support for 16-bit operating systems and the 16-bit Express clients. The documentation of the clients in Express Software Manager 6.1 and 6.2, including installation procedures, reflects the lack of 16-bit support. This technical note describes the documentation changes and implications to existing customers.

Note: Express Metrix continues to ship the 16-bit Express clients but these are included "as-is."

Installing the Express Clients
Documentation for Express Software Manager versions prior to 6.0 described an installation procedure that included running a 16-bit Client Installation program, Exinst.exe. References to that program have been dropped in updated documentation. The new procedure to install the Express clients includes running a 32-bit Client Installation program, Exinst32.exe.

Exinst.exe
When Express Software Manager first began including clients for 32-bit operating systems such as Windows 95, the original Client Install program (Exinst.exe) was modified so that it could be run on both 16-bit and 32-bit operating systems. It would determine the type of operating system it was running on, and either install the 16-bit Express clients, or run Exinst32.exe which in turn installed the 32-bit Express clients. This approached made it simple for both existing customers, and those customers with networks of mixed operating systems.

For example, a line from a login script might look like this:

s:\<Application Library folder>\clients\exinst.exe /l

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