﻿FrenchBuddy  v1.2.0  -  Install & Activation Guide
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REQUIREMENT
  This build is framework-dependent: Microsoft .NET 10 Desktop Runtime (x64) must be installed first.
  Direct download (no web page): https://aka.ms/dotnet/10.0/windowsdesktop-runtime-win-x64.exe
    = the official .NET Desktop Runtime 10.x (x64) installer - about 57 MB, always the newest 10.x patch.
  If that link ever fails: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/10.0  (English page)
  Already installed? Skip this step. Without the runtime the apps will not start.

FIRST RUN (Windows SmartScreen)
  This app is not code-signed, so Windows may show 'Unknown publisher'.
  That is expected: click 'More info' -> 'Run anyway'.

TWO APPS, ONE PRODUCT
  FrenchBuddy.dialogs.exe  -  Dialogs edition: everyday French conversations + native-speaker audio
  FrenchBuddy.vocab.exe    -  Vocab edition: word cards + native-speaker audio + phonetic guides

TRIAL & ACTIVATION
  * Free trial: 7 days (counted from the day of the first launch).
  * After the trial ends the app asks you to buy and then exits. Choose 'Yes' in that dialog, or use
    the right-click / tray menu item 'Enter License Key...', paste your license key (e.g.
    HZ1-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX - copy & paste is fine; case, spaces and dashes do not matter),
    then click 'Activate'.
  * Both editions of the same language share ONE license key: activate once in either app and the
    other one becomes licensed too.
  * Purchase page: https://www.hammsoft.com/buy.html     Support: myhama@hotmail.com

FOLDERS
  Data\   lesson/vocabulary data and native-speaker recordings (do not rename or delete)
  Help\   help pages: dialogs = help-fr-dialogs.html / vocab = help-fr-vocab.html

UNINSTALL
  Remove the installed folder. To also erase settings and activation state, delete
  C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\FrenchBuddy.dialogs and C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\FrenchBuddy.vocab.