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Installing Retrospect 20 for Windows with Novus

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With the release of Retrospect 20, we have introduced a new user interface that you can run alongside the main Retrospect.exe application interface. This tutorial shows the Installation process.

1) You can visit http://www.retrospect.com/updates to download version 20. The page will look like this:

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2) Start with the main Application download shown below:

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3) Next you can download the Retrospect Novus Application Installer:
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4) From inside your web browser, click the link to open your downloads folder. This will look different depending on your browser. In this example, we are using Chrome:
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5) To Install the new Novus Interface, Double Click on the Novus Setup.exe:
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6) Right click on the Retrospect_20_0_1_201.zip file and select Extract All to unzip the main Retrospect installer. You can extract the folder to the default location.
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7) Open the unzipped folder and inside you will find a Retrospect 20 folder with an "Install Retrospect.exe" file inside. You will run this installer to install Retrospect.
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8) After you have installed Retrospect 20 and Retrospect Novus, you can find them in your Windows Start menu by typing Retrospect into the search.
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