Follow these steps to install JCreator LE

• Make sure you've installed J2SDK
  • If you've installed Version 1.5.* and used the default settings, there should be a folder C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.5.* on your computer
  
  
• Get the setup program Setup.exe on your computer
  • You can go to http://www.jcreator.com/download.htm to download JCreator LE 3.50. They want to email it to you. When you finally get it, open the zipped file and run the Setup.exe.
  • Or you can download the Setup.exe directly from here.
  
  
• Run Setup.exe to install JCreator LE
  • Run Setup.exe by double-clicking the file icon. A setup window will appear to guide you through the setup process.
  • At each step, simply click Next button to advance to the next step. At the second step, you need to select "I accept the agreement" to be able to continue. At the last step, click the "Install" button.
  • When the setup process completes, an icon of JCreator LE will appear on the desktop of your computer. You can double-click this icon to start JCreator.
  
  
• Start JCreator for the first time
  • A setup wizard will appear when you run JCreator for the first time
  • Follow the steps of the wizard to set the JDK path to be c:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.5.* (* part depends on the version of J2SDK you've installed). This is the important step. Messing it up seems difficult to correct (something hidden in the registry that doesn't remove with uninstall?).
  • You can skip the path to documentation if you haven't installed the SDK API documentation.

1. Indentation of my programs won't work unless you change the tab size to 8 characters:
Configure | Options | Editor Java Tabs Size:8

2. If JCreator starts in a Workspace (you can determine if it does if the title bar has a word before "JCreator") which will make compiling and running your program difficult, do:
File|Close Workspace.
Then in:
Configure | Options | Workspace unclick "Open last workspace at startup".

3. sometimes the Compile and Execute buttons become inactive due to some "Tool" running, so in the Tools menu click Stop Tool.

4. We won't be using the Project or Workspace features of JCreator. Use them if you want but don't ask me anything about them.

5. sometimes someone has "hidden" the syntax error pane, so at the bottom of the JCreator window "pull up" that pane.