faq.html

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<h2>Technicalities</h2>

<h3>I cannot run Anathema on Windows Vista.</h3>
	<p>On certain configurations of Windows Vista, Anathema won't be able to create a repository folder.</p>
	<p>Please use our Windows installer so all necessary permissions are granted.</p>

<h3>What hardware/software do I need to run Anathema?</h3>
	<p>Anathema will run on any operating system with <a href="http://www.java.com">Java Runtime Environment</a> Version 6 or later.</p>

<h3>Java is installed, but Anathema still won't run.</h3>
	<p>First, ensure that you've extracted all ZIPped files to their full pathnames.<br/>
	If errors persist, please ascertain that you have the latest release.<br/>
	Should all that fail, please contact us with the following information:</p>
	<ul>
		<li>Which version of Java are you using?
		<li>What is your operating system?
		<li>Which release of Anathema causes the error?
		<li>What command or action do you use to launch Anathema?
	</ul>
	
<h3>Are there further instructions?</h3>
	<p>A quickstart guide can be found on the <a href="?page=downloads">Downloads</a>
	page. An installation guide is available for download on the 
	<a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/anathema/AnathemaInstallationGuide_v1.0.pdf?download">project page</a>.</p>

<h2>Bugs & Features</h2>

<h3>I am unable to install a decoder for the Music Database. What to do?</h3>
<p>Unfortunately, we introduced a major bug pertaining to this specific feature. As of version 1.0, it is impossible to add a decoder to the Music Database. We are sorry that the problem will not be fixed in the foreseeable future.</p>

<h3>Things don't work right! What should I do?</h3>
	<p>Please submit a <a href="https://github.com/anathema/anathema/issues">bug report</a>! 
	We try to fix all bugs as soon as possible, and you can make a difference by giving a concise 
	description of what happened.</p>