{"id":2213,"date":"2020-05-03T03:12:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T03:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuepilot.com\/support\/?post_type=article&#038;p=2213"},"modified":"2020-06-02T01:56:17","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T01:56:17","slug":"installing-the-software","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.vuepilot.com\/support\/article\/installing-the-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing The Software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VuePilot is available for a number of different platforms.\u00a0 The installation is the same for each operating system, simply download and run the installer, just be sure to download the correct version for your platform.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Updating<\/h2>\n<p>If you are updating to the latest version of VuePilot you can do so by simply downloading and running the installer again. This will overwrite the old files, but leave the configuration for things like screens and licensing in place.<\/p>\n<p>See the notes below for additional information regarding specific operating systems<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"windows\">Windows<\/h2>\n<p>Installers are available for both 32bit and 64bit versions of the operating system. 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