Installing Modules in TheWord Bible Study Program

THEWORD Module Installation

There are two types of modules to install, those that come with a module installer (an exe, which is a program that finds the correct place to put the module), and a zip or just a regular module without anything (these will end in the extension "twm"). For the module installer, these should install correctly to your program folder.

Sometimes there are RAR or other installers that hard code the folder them deposit the module in, and it may be a decision based on a particular language of windows. For example, I have Spanish XP Windows, and instead of my programs being in "C:\Programs" they are in "C:\Archivos de Programas\", which is where the Spanish XP puts all programs. I have had some RAR installers put the modules in C:\Programs\e-Sword (for the e-Sword program), when that is not where they should be placed. If you install a module and it doesn't show up, this may be a cause. (You must also exit THEWORD, and restart it before it will recognize newly installed modules.

Manual installation of THEWORD Modules

If you need to manually install a module, (say you get it as a filename.twm file or a compressed zip file) then you need to install this manually into the correct folder. Sometimes you may want to send a module to somebody else, and this information here will also help you find your modules. Basically there are three folders that TW uses for its modules. Basically it is its program folder (normally under "C:\Programs"), and two user folders, under Documents and Settings\[User]\Program Data\THEWORD, and Documents and Settings\All Users\Program Data\THEWORD. To see exactly where TW is locating these folders,

Click "Help" on the main menu,

Click "About"

Click the tab on the popup, "File Locations".

The main executable (for me with Spanish XP Windows) is on the first line.

Modules are stored/found in:

Main executable file.

Personal files folder.

Common modules folder.

Indexes.

In general you should never need to know or do anything about indexes, but TW maintains an index of each module. These indexes are found in the Cache Folder.

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