Solutions for the Web Launcher in the Family History Suite

World Wide Web Launcher World Wide Family History Network Configuring the Web Launcher Modifying the Web Sites in the Web Launcher Automatically Updating the Web Launcher Creating an Icon for the Web Launcher Trouble while installing the Launcher Back to Family History Suite Solutions

World Wide Family History Network Originally, the World Wide Family History Network was planned to be a major starting point for Latter Day Saints to do genealogical research on the internet. It was soon discovered that there was also a large demand from non-LDS genealogists. Because of this, our site has moved from www.familyhistory.com (known as the Family History Network) to www.ancestry.com (presently known as Ancestry Hometown). Originally at our Family History Network site there were several databases that were available only to those who had purchased the Family History Suite, and those who paid a subscription separately. Though the Family History Network site is no longer in operation, we have provided some searchable databases at our Ancestry Hometown site that are accessible to our Family History Suite customers. If you go to www.ancestry.com, then go to the "Genealogical Libary", and then choose "Free Databases", you will find four large databases containing over 52 million names. In addition, all of the brand new subscriber databases in the subscription area are available for use for free within the first month of their release. All of these databases take the place of what was available at the Family History Network site. You will not need to use the username and password portion of the Family History Suite's Web Launcher. This was for use at the Family History Network site and is now non-functioning. Please feel free to search the databases at the Ancestry Hometown site. If you would like access to the additional databases located at that site, you can either register for them online, or call 1800-ANCESTRY. Back to the Top Back to Family History Suite Solutions Configuring the Web Launcher The web launcher was designed to automatically load our web sites using the web browser you are using on our computer. To configure, do the following: Open up the World Wide Web Launcher. Click on "Configure". You will be given the choice of Automatically Searching for a web browser on your computer, or Manually Searching. If you know the location of your web browser, choose "Manually Select". Otherwise choose "Auto Detect". Once you have choosen either of these, choose "Next". If you choose Automatic, the computer will start searching the computer. When it is done searching you will have a list of available browsers on your computer. Choose the browser that you are currently using, and then select "Finish". Back to the Top Back to Family History Suite Solutions Modifying the Web Sites in the Web Launcher Though the sites that are normally installed in the web browser are no longer available (for information on this Click Here), it is possible to configure the Web Launcher so that it contains sites that you choose, you can then use the web launcher to launch your list of websites (it is also possible to Automatically update the Web Launcher to our working sites -- to do this Click Here). To modify the list of sites that the launcher contains, do the following: Go to "Start" and choose "Run" (in Windows 3.1 choose "File" from the Program Manager and then "Run"). In File Manager go to the c:\windows directory (folder). Find a the file called "iiiweb.ini" and double click on it. You will get a window called "Notepad - IIIWEB.INI". In this is a list of sites and the names of those sites. You will also note that only two of the lines have an asterick in front of them. Any line that has an asterick in front of it will appear in your web launcher. Most of the sites listed here are no longer valid, so you can erase everything under the section called "[Bookmarks]". To add a site type the following: *Site Name=www.somesite.com (where "Site Name" represents the name of the desired site and "www.somesite.com" represents the address of the desired site -- note the asterick at the beginning of the line). For example, to create a link to this Web site you would type the following: *Infobases Tech Support=www.infobases.com/techsupt Once you have added the sites that you desire, go to "File" and choose "Save", then choose "File" and "Exit". The sites will now appear in the web launcher. Back to the Top Back to Family History Suite Solutions Automatically Updating the Web Launcher To automatically update the Web Launcher, you will need to download "iiiweb.ini" to the "c:\ldsfhs" directory (where "c:\ldsfhs" represent the drive and location you installed your Family History Suite to). For instructions on how to do this, Click Here. Back to the Top Back to Family History Suite Solutions Creating an Icon for the Web Launcher It is possible to create an icon so that you can launch the web launcher without going into the Family History Suite. To do this do the following: In Windows 95: Go to the location that you would like to create icon (ie - your "Desktop" in windows). Click with the Right Mouse button, choose "New", then choose "Shortcut". On the "Command Line" type the following: C:\LDSFHS\WLAUNCH.EXE (where "c:\ldsfhs" represents the location that you installed the Family History Suite to). Choose "Next". Type Web Launcher for the name and choose "Finish". You will now have an icon. In Windows 3.1: Go to the Program Group that you would like to create icon in (ie - "LDS Family History Suite"). Go to "File" at the top of the Program Manager, and choose "New". Select "Program Item" and choose "OK". For the "Description" type Web Launcher On the "Command Line" type C:\LDSFHS\WLAUNCH.EXE (where "c:\ldsfhs" represents the location that you installed the Family History Suite to). For the "Working Directory" type C:\LDSFHS (where "c:\ldsfhs" represents the location that you installed the Family History Suite to). Choose "OK". You will now have an icon. Back to the Top Back to Family History Suite Solutions Trouble while installing the Web Launcher If while trying to configure or install the Web Launcher you receive an error that says "Launch Error" or "Create Failed" or something similar, you can fix the problem by doing the following: Put the Family History Suite CDRom in the drive. Go to "Start" and choose "Run" (in Windows 3.1 choose "File" from the Program Manager and then "Run"). In the File Manager switch to the CDRom. Go to the root directory of the CDRom and look for a file called "BWCC.DLL". Click once on the file called "BWCC.DLL" and hit "F8" on the keyboard. Copy the file to c:\windows\system. This should fix the error (if you continue to have problems, please Contact Us). Back to the Top Back to Family History Suite Solutions