Solar Fire installs three main different groups of files onto your computer - program files, common files and user files.

 

FILE TYPES

•Program files are internal program files used by Solar Fire to load and run itself (e.g. Solfire.exe).

•Common files are program files used by more than one program (e.g. Swiss Ephemeris files). Solar Fire stores files common to all of Esoteric Technologies programs in this group.

•User files are files that can be used by you the user (e.g. chart files).

You can create and edit most of the different types of user files. Examples of user files are chart files, point files, aspect files, color files, wheel and page design files. Program settings that you can change via Preferences are also stored here along with your user files.

These three groups of files are stored by default in different places:

•Program and common files

- stored in the Windows PROGRAMS area

•User files

- stored in the Windows USER DOCUMENTS area.

 

FILE LOCATIONS

The exact full folder path for each group of files differs slightly depending on which version of Windows is being used. As well, when Solar Fire is installed the user is able to change the installation location of the program files, and after installation relocate the Swiss Ephemeris files.

Therefore the locations shown below are the default installation locations suggested by the installation program. If you accepted these defaults and haven't changed them since, Solar Fire's files will be found at these locations.

•Solar Fire's PROGRAM files

- in 32 bit Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7

C:\Program Files\SolarFire9

 

- in 64 bit Windows Vista or Windows 7

C:\Program Files (x86)\SolarFire9

 

•Solar Fire's COMMON files

- in 32 bit Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Esoteric Technologies\SolarFire9

 

- in 64 bit Windows Vista or Windows 7

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Esoteric Technologies\SolarFire9

The Swiss Ephemeris files are stored in the "\SwissEph" subfolder under this folder.

 

•Solar Fire's USER files

- in Windows XP

C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\MyDocuments\Solar Fire User Files

➢Shortcut - click on the MyDocuments folder, click on Solar Fire User Files

- in Windows Vista

 C:\Users\UserName\Documents\Solar Fire User Files

➢Shortcut - click on the Documents folder, double-click on Solar Fire User Files

- in Windows 7

C:\Users\UserName\Documents\Solar Fire User Files

➢Shortcut - click on Libraries, double-click on Documents, double-click on Solar Fire User Files

UserName is the Windows account name used to login to the computer with.

Multi user situations

•Users of the computer with individual logins all have a separate set of user files and settings. Each user can create and maintain their own preferences and settings.

•If several users are logging in to the computer with the same UserName when they use Solar Fire, then they will all have to use the same preferences and settings - any changes made by one will effect the others too.

An exception to this is user's charts. As chart files can be stored in many different locations, all users of Solar Fire can store their own chart files in their own dedicated folder - regardless of what username they use to log in to the computer.

➢ The Solar Fire User Files folder (and all it's subfolders) must always be a subfolder under the Documents or MyDocuments folder. This is the only place Solar Fire looks for user files. * Chart files are the one exception to this - Solar Fire will look for these wherever you tell it to look.

 

APPLICATION DATA

When Solar Fire operates, as well as creating data that is relevant to the user, it also creates data that it uses for it's own purposes. This data is stored in the following locations.

LOCAL PROFILE

Windows XP

C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Esoteric Technologies\Solar Fire\v9

Windows Vista / 7

C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Esoteric Technologies\Solar Fire\v9

 

ROAMING PROFILE

Windows XP

C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Esoteric Technologies\Solar Fire\v9

Windows Vista / 7

C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Esoteric Technologies\Solar Fire\v9

Windows Explorer

File Types

Swiss Ephemeris Files

Interpretation Files