Automatic Upgrading from Windows-10 to Windows-11
As from
24H2 (build 26103) or later. Assuming that your PCs are fully able to
connect to www.medistat.net
to upload log files and download
upgrade files, these new system files will find their way onto your
PC during normal operation. They
will automatically detect whether or not you have W10 or W11
installed. As soon as W11 is
detected, all program operations will internally switch to W11.
Please note that the automatic
upgrading to the W11 version is dependant upon your having a current
support contract running to at
least
contract in place, the upgrade
will not be performed.
If you have either
the OPCS engine, the PAS interface or the ICE-HL7 exporter installed,
then a full
manual upgrade of your MINDEXii system may be required - please contact
us as those add-ons may
need to be redeveloped to take
care of the Windows-11 internal changes.
Moving MINDEXii to a fresh Windows-11 platform
If you are upgrading to a fresh new
W11 PC, the following needs to be performed:
1. Note the license number installed
on the old PC (it will be in the range 620000 thru 621999).
2. Note the target of the desktop
icon on the old PC that calls MINDEXii. In the
majority of cases,
that target will be
C:\MINDEXii.SYS\62####.exe
3. Note ALL of the drive mappings
and permissions on the old PC (including C:).
4. Take a full copy of all MINDEXii folders on the old C: drive - at the very minimum,
these will be
C:\MINDEXii.SYS (or in some cases 62####ii.SYS or 62####.SYS)
C:\MINDEXii.TMP (or in some cases 62####ii.TMP or 62####.TMP)
and in some
cases where the PC is not networked:
C:\MINDEXii.CUS
(or in some cases 62####ii.CUS or 62####.CUS)
C:\MINDEXii.DAT (or in some cases 62####ii.DAT or 62####.DAT)
Retain this ‘safe’ copy away
from the current upgrade task.
Now copy the
above folders onto the new PC’s C: drive, ensuring that the same permissions
for each user are granted
5. Using the information noted in
(2) above, create a new desktop icon that calls the same target.
6. The file called 62####.CF2 that
lives in the C:\MINDEXii.SYS folder contains a line like this:
[PATH_WPC]=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10. You must check
that this is the
correct
location of the 'Word' startup file WINWORD.EXE and
if not, edit it with Notepad. Note:
editing
this .CF2 file with any editor other than Notepad will render the file
inoperable.
The most likely location of
that WINWORD.EXE will be as follows (the full line for the .CF2 file
is provided here:
[PATH_WPC]=C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE
so as a starting point, you
could cut and paste this with Notepad.
The purpose of this line is
to tell MINDEXii exactly where the WINWORD.EXE file
is located.
7. MINDEXii
should now run - you may need to call Medistat for a
fresh install key.
8. Once entered, and the very first
time that you run MINDEXii, it will check the compatability of
the various
interfaces and any discrepancies in the configuration will appear as advice
messages.
Other
In order that automated error
reporting and automated upgrading continues to function, the PC
needs ftp permissions to send and
receive files to/from www.medistat.net.
If these are blocked,
continued support and upgrading will
cease and any problems that arise will require a physical
engineer to visit your site (at
your cost). Please note that since 2017, all of our support is provided
as web-based and our contracts do not
include on-site engineer visits.
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