How to Install Downloaded Online Games

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So you've downloaded a game that looks like it will be fun... How do you get it to run on your machine?

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Hopefully you paid attention to the location that you downloaded it to and the name of the file.
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This will typically either open the installer automatically, or decompress the file(s) needed to install the program.
It will typically be called setup or install (with a .exe or .com file extension, or possibly a .bat extension, instead). Skip this step if the installer opened automatically.
You may want to tell it where to install the program, and where to put icons (i.e. many times it will put an icon in the programs menu, on the taskbar, and on the desktop, which can quickly lead to clutter).

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Installation on Macintosh, Linux, and other systems follow a different set of instructions.

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Be sure that your virus protection program is up to date, with current virus definition. Online games downloads are notorious vectors for virus attacks.

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If you don't know where the file was downloaded to: Use the search function (in the Start menu of a windows PC) to find it if you know the name. If you don't, go through the steps to downloading it again, and pay attention to what it's called and where it's being saved to. You don't have to actually commence the download again, just see where it was saved.

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